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File Reference 2D170
Name Joseph Smyth
Gender male
Address detail
Street Etholstown, Balrath Burry, Kells
County Meath
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not on file
Date of death 1922-09-07
Place Athboy Barracks, Athboy, County Meath
Associated files in MSPA F274;
Related files 20154 subject's National Army Pay Book number;
Civilian occupation Cattle Herder; Cattle Dealer;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
Commanding Officer(s) Edward Byrne;
National Army Service Number 20154
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 copyW2D170JOSEPHSMYTH.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF274JOSEPHSMYTH.pdf
File dates 2 July 1923 - 20 October 1924
Subject Information File relates to Christopher Smyth's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £75 (seventy five pounds sterling) increased from £40 - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of his son National Army Private Joseph Smyth. Private Joseph Smyth died from wounds received by him in an attack on Athboy Barracks, County Meath where he was serving during the Civil War. File includes: signed typed standard report dated 2 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 Joseph Smyth's death; and Garda Síochána investigations into the circumstances and means of the Smyth family and the degree of dependency of Christopher Smyth on his son Joseph at the time of the latter's death.