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He lies far from the land of his fathers from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 9 September
British Library digitised image from page 279 of "Cassell's History of the War in the Soudan" from British Library uploaded January 2017
Unidentified British soldier… from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded October 2013
British messenger dogs with their handler, France, during World War I from National Library of Scotland uploaded October 2008
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Unidentified British soldier…
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- National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
British messenger dogs with their handler, France, during World War I
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CraigShipp.com Photos - Events / People / Places said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called WorldWar, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
He lies far from the land of his fathers
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beachcomber australia said:
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Suck Diesel said:
“Holohan deserted the British Army in India, and escaped by a German cargo boat, arriving at Marseilles in 1914. He re-entered the British Army under the general amnesty given to deserters. He was wounded and taken prisoner in Oct 1914, and ended up in Limburg”
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Niall McAuley said:
Findagrave has this odd duplicate:
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John Spooner said:
Niall McAuley Coincidentally there's also a Patrick Holohan of the 1st Bn Royal Irish Regiment, who died exactly a year earlier. His name is on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.
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Suck Diesel said:
Niall McAuley John Spooner
By what seems to be an odd coincidence there are two Patrick Holohans buried apparently at Zossen.
Patrick Holohan died 16 Mar 1915
www.cwgc.org
Name: HOLOHAN, PATRICK
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Battalion.
Date of Death: 16/03/1915
Service No: 3130
Additional information: (Buried at the time in Zossen Communal Cemetery, Germany).
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
SDGW has him born St Mary's, Kilkenny; resident Tipp. Enlisted Tipp. Service record online at Ancestry. Lots of family info, enlisted 4th Battn Royal Irish Regt 1904 aged 18. No info re being a PoW; lots of info re being presumed dead as at 16/3/1915. MIC shows 1915 Star, BWM and VM. Entered theatre 25/1/1915.
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Patrick Holohan died 16 Mar 1916
Name: HOLOHAN, PATRICK
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Irish Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 16/03/1916
Service No: 9877
Grave/Memorial Reference: Zassen Cem. Mem.
Cemetery: BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
Ireland's casualties of WW1 has : 9877 as died of wounds France 26th March 1918. A Corporal (Lance Sergeant) from St Cannices's, Kilkenny. 2nd Battn Royal Irish Regt. Entry repeated in SDGW. Both give date of death as 1918. No service record online at Ancestry. MIC shows 1914 Star, BWM and VM. Died as PoW 16/3/1916 (not 1918 as per Ireland Cas and SDGW). Entered theatre 19/9/1914
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