John Lynch

1878-1960

Unit

Main Body (Section No.1)

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1682

About

Born in New Zealand

26 October 1878
Parent

Father

J. Lynch
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Bushman

Employer

Philcox & Sons, Ngruswahi
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 81

4 June 1960

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5544 36/0070053, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Lynch (1878-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/502