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LYNCH, Charles Bertrand
(Service number 74393)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	23/09/1897	Place of Birth	Oamaru

Enlistment Information

Date	26 November 1917	Age	20 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Geraldine
Occupation	Banker
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	T. W. LYNCH (father), Church Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	39th Reinforcements, E Company
Date	13 June 1918
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Days Interned
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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Salesman

Death

Date	28 August 1980	Age	82 years
Place of Death	139 Helensburgh Road, Dunedin (residence)
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Greenpark Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference	Block 7, Plot 21
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Bertrand LYNCH was the son of Thomas William LYNCH, of Timaru, and brother of Thomas William LYNCH and James LYNCH who also served.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 February 2016]; Greenpark Cemetery, Dunedin, burial record (Dunedin city Council) [14 February 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 October 1914, 26 September 1917, 2 March 1918, 28 August 1919, Press, 14 May 1923, 21 June 1926 (Papers Past) [14 & 15 February 2016]

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