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FOGARTY, John Francis
(Service number 34572)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	18/09/1884	Place of Birth	Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	22 August 1916	Age	32
Address at Enlistment	Norton Reserve, Waimate
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J. Fogarty (Father), Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 foot 10 inches. Weight 168 lb. Fair Complexion. Blue eyes. Fair hair.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	21st Reinforncements, Specialists Company, Machine Gun Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	HMNZT 75 Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Machine Gun Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1916 -17-18
Service Medals	British War Medal. Victory Medal
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

Death

Date	5 April 1918	Age	33
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	II. D. 50
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial; St Patrick's (Waimate) Memorial list (under construction May 2014)

Biographical Notes

John was the son of Mr and Mrs J. Fogarty of Waimate, New Zealand

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (September 2013) Archways Archives (November 2014. 2017)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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