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File Reference 2D67
Name John Hanly
Gender male
Address detail
Street The Green, Cashel
County Tipperary
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not on file
Date of death 1922-09-06
Place Cuckoo Hill, Derrygrath, County Tipperary
Associated files in MSPA 577/9; F27;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
Unit 6 Battalion
Brigade 3 Tipperary Brigade
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award OTHOther
Notes Partial dependents' gratuity
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW2D67JohnHanly.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW577_9JohnHanly.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF27JohnHanly.pdf
File dates 21 November 1922 - 18 March 1925
Subject Information File relates to Margaret Hanly's receipt of a gratuity of £35 (thirty five pounds sterling) - increased from £15 on appeal - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Private John Hanly. Private John Hanly was shot dead at Cuckoo Hill, Derrygrath, County Tipperary on 6 September 1922 during the Civil War. John Hanley was one of a party of National Army troops sent from Cahir Barracks to reinforce National Army forces ambushed at Woodroofe earlier that same day. File includes: application forms relating to Margaret Hanly's application for compensation under the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 and the Criminal Injuries (Ireland) Act, 1919 in respect of John Hanly; signed typed standard report of 13 February 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General Lieutenant General Gearóid O'Suilleavain to the Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Private John Hanly's death and enclosing a signed typed report of 5 February 1924 from the Office of the D.A.A.G. Waterford Command to the Adjutant General setting out the circumstances surrounding John Hanly's death; material relating to Garda Síochána investigation into the circumstances and means of the Hanly family and the degree of dependency of Margaret Hanly on her son at the time of his death; and reference to John Hanly's brothers James and Thomas veterans of the First World War, another brother Patrick killed during the First World War and a further brother Edmond.