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| File Reference |
2D11
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| Name |
Joseph Bergin |
| Gender |
male |
| Maiden/Other names |
Bergin, Joachim
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Skehana, Castlecomer
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| County |
Kilkenny
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
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| Date of death |
1922-08-16
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| Place |
Woodrooff, County Tipperary, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
F96; 3MSRB3
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| Related files |
2D429 Cornelius Roche; 2D411 Daniel Fogarty both killed in same incident as Joseph Bergin
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| Civilian occupation |
Employee (Apprentice), John Kelly, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
D Company
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| Brigade |
Kilkenny Brigade
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Brigade |
Army Corps of Engineers
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Captain Michael Allman
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW2D11JosephBergin.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF96JosephBergin.pdf
Scanned/digital copy3MSRB3 Joseph Bergin.pdf |
| File dates |
9 November 1923 – 28 April 1959
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Annie Bergin’s receipt of payments under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of her son National Army Private Joachim (Joseph) Bergin.
Private Joseph Bergin was killed on 16 August 1922 at Woodrooff (Woodroofe), County Tipperary in an [IRA] ambush during the Civil War.
File includes: typed copy and original reports of 19 January 1924 and 30 January 1924 from Defence Forces Captain Seán Cooney, Acting O/C, 25th Infantry Battalion, Waterford and Defence Forces Adjutant General Lieutenant General Gearóid O’ Suilleavain regarding the date and circumstances of Private Joseph Bergin’s death; typed signed report of 1 March 1924 from the Garda Síochána Chief Superintendent for Kilkenny regarding the circumstances and means of the Bergin family and the degree of dependency of Annie Bergin on her son Joseph at the time of his death; and material relating and referring to Joseph Bergin’s father and his ten (10) surviving brothers and sisters including Michael Bergin who joined the National Army in September 1922 according to Annie Bergin; Military Service Registration Board references from James Doyle, Michael Fogarty; John Corcoran and Patrick Doyle
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