37563 - Sapper

Daniel

FLANAGAN

4th Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

28 December

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1917

1917

4 January

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 - Aparima

1917

27 February

Admitted to hospital at sea with bronchitis

1917

3 March

Returned to duty

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

5 May

From the Front

The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line

The Billets in Monchy

1917

4 June

Embarked for France

1917

7 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

10 June

Joined the Company

1917

30 June

Admitted to hospital with tonsillitis

1917

15 July

Rejoined the Company

1917

8 October

Admitted to hospital with tonsillitis

1917

26 October

Rejoined the Company

1918

From the Front

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

The Workshop in Arras

1918

21 March

Spring Offensive

German Attacks


From the Front

The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire

1918

28 March

Gassed

Admitted to hospital

1918

29 April

Placed on dangerously ill list with broncho-pneumonia

1918

8 May

Died of wounds

24th General Hospital, Etaples

Resting place

Etaples Military Cemetery, France

Grave reference

LXVII B 7

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 101/0040521, Military Personnel File: Daniel FLANAGAN - 37563.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Daniel FLANAGAN.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°55, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Daniel FLANAGAN (37563)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=272