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| File Reference |
2D124
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| Name |
Denis O'Connor |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Killorglin Railway Cottage, Killorglin
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| County |
Kerry
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
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| Date of death |
1922-09-29
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| Place |
County Infirmary, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
577/5; F140;
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| Civilian occupation |
Employee, Great Southern and Western Railway Company;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Captain Lehane;
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Notes |
Partial dependents' gratuity
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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 copyW2D124DenisOConnor.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW577_5DenisOConnor.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF140DenisOConnor.pdf |
| File dates |
8 November 1922 - 2 November 1927
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Daniel and Mary O'Connor's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £50 (fifty pounds sterling) - increased from £25 on appeal - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of their son National Army Private Denis O'Connor.
Private Denis O'Connor died on 29 September 1922 from the effects of a gun shot wound received by him in Killorglin, County Kerry on 27 September 1922 during the Civil War.
File includes: signed typed standard report of 4 March 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General, Lieutenant General Gearóid O'Suilleavain to the Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the circumstances and date of Denis O'Connor's death and enclosing signed typed report of 21 February 1924 from the Office of the Adjutant, Kerry Command regarding the same subject; material relating to Garda Síochána investigation into the circumstances and means of the O'Connor family and the degree of dependency of Daniel and Mary O'Connor on their son at the time of his death; and representations on behalf of Mary O'Connor application for a further award under the Army Pensions Acts in 1927 from James O'Shea, Secretary, Killorglin Branch, Kerry Legion I. N. A. Discharged Soldiers.
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