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HORGAN, James Patrick
(Service number 6/1317)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary HORGAN (mother), Temuka, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	22 December 1957	Age	61 yrs
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section; Row 200; Plot 10
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Mary HORGAN, Temuka. Married Julia Philomena SUGRUE in 1928. James was bid farewell, along with fellow volunteer Alfred Gason, at the home of Mr and Mrs H. Gason at Milford in October 1914. He was welcomed home at a very large gathering at the Milford School in June 1917, again with Alfred Gason and also G. Aspinall and L. Trumper. They were entertained and then each presented with a medal of honour.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [19 October 2013]; TDC headstone image, Temuka Cemetery [19 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 22 October 1914, 25 June 1917 (Papers Past) [19 October 2013]

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