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File Reference 2D235
Name Robert Hempenstall
Gender male
Address detail
Street 39 North Summer Street, off North Circular Road, Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1896
Notes Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 25 years in newspaper report on file
Date of death 1922-09-02
Place Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA FA14;
Related files 1069 subject’s National Army service number; 2D191 Michael Francis Behan
Civilian occupation Cleaner, Midland and Great Western Railway Company;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
Brigade Dublin Guards
National Army Service Number 1069
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Notes Dependents' gratuity
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copy2D235 Robert Hempenstall.pdf
Scanned/digital copyFA14 Robert Hempenstall.pdf
File dates 6 January 1924 – 13 November 1954
Subject Information File relates to Sarah Hempenstall’s receipt of a dependents’ gratuity of £75 (seventy five pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her brother National Army Private 1069 Robert Hempenstall. File also contains material relating to unsuccessful applications from William Hempenstall – brother of Robert – for a service medal and an award under the Army Pensions Act, 1953 in respect of his brother. Private Robert Hempenstall died on 2 September 1922 at Newcastle West, County Limerick as a result of an accidental shooting during the Civil War. File includes: material signed and submitted by Sarah and William Hempenstall in support of their various applications; undated unidentified newspaper cutting reporting the respective burials of Sergeant Robert Hempenstall and Private Michael Behan – see 2D191; signed standard report dated 3 March 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General Lieutenant General Gearóid O’Suilleavain to the Secretary, Army Pensions Department regarding the date of Private Robert Hempenstall’s death; typed [copy] Garda Siochana report of 23 March 1924 regarding the circumstances and means of the Hempenstall family and the degree of dependency of Sarah Hempenstall on her brother Robert at the time of his death; and material referring to dependents’ allowance paid from Army funds in respect of Robert Hempenstall between 18 July 1922 and 27 October 1923.