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File Reference MSP34REF44380
Name Margaret Hester
Gender female
Maiden/Other names McGovern
Address detail
Street Derrygarve, Newport
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street 4359 Glady's Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Country United States of America
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file
Notes Date of death not recorded on file
Associated files in MSPA 34SP45817
Easter rising service No
Organisation None
Pension Claim Yes
Award Pension No
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF44380 Margaret Hester.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP45817 Margaret Hester.pdf
File dates 12 May 1936 - 06 February 1942
Subject Information File relates to Margaret Hester’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Applicant claimed membership of Cumann na mBan in the service periods between 1 April 1918 and 30 September 1923. Margaret Hester (née McGovern) states that she was attached to the Newport Branch, [2 Battalion], West Mayo Brigade, Cumann na mBan under the command of John Connolly, Ned Lyons and Josie Doherty. During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), the applicant claims that she was engaged in routine activities including dispatch work; first aid training and sheltering/catering for IRA men on the run. Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923), Margaret Hester took part in similar activities and also claims that her home was the Divisional Headquarters for a period. File contains handwritten and typed references in support of the applicant’s claim from John Connolly (1938) and Annie Kilroy (1942). Subject did not appear before the Advisory Committee.