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ROSEINGRAVE, John
(Service number 55627)

Aliases Jack, John Patrick Dermott
First Rank Sapper Last Rank

Birth

Date 13/02/1893 Place of Birth Limerick City, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Rozellle, Orari
Occupation Teamster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Miss Josehphine ROSEINGRAVE (sister), care of J. H. ROSEINGRAVE, North 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 Engineers, Tunnelling Company
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 7th Reinforcements
Date 22 November 1917
Transport Willochra
Embarked From Destination Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date 23 November 1924 Age 31 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices Press, 24 November 1924
Memorial or Cemetery Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference Block 20B, Plot 69
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Patrick Dermott Roseingrave was the son of Thomas William and Catherine Mary (Kate, née Boland) Roseingrave. John was a scholar at home with his family in Limerick City in 1901 and 1911. His mother died between 1901 and 1911. He had been two years in New Zealand when he enlisted. His sister was a nurse at Timaru Public Hospital at the time of John's death.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 July 2019]; 1901 & 1911 census records Ireland (ancestry.com.au) [05 July 2019]; Press, 24 November 1924 (PP) [05 July 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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