little bob Posted 28 April , 2019 Share Posted 28 April , 2019 Pte 2896 John O'Brien Leinster Regiment Attested 16/12/1915 Discharged medically unfit. 12/6/1916. Gallastown, Holy Cross Thurlo, Tipperary. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 28 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2019 Yes indeed that is him. I see a PM coming in. Thank you Bob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 28 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2019 Bob found the unfindable!! no 2896, John O'Brien, Pte, Leinster Regiment. Fantastic! and lived not two Miles from here. Thank you Bob and for all that stuck with it. If anyone could find an url on ancestry that I can put this soldier forward I would be delighted to send it to terry. What a great day! Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 28 April , 2019 Share Posted 28 April , 2019 This is the medical discharge sheet Tom: John O'Brien Discharged with TB of Lungs, "Result of Active Service". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 28 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2019 Excellent, thank you Dai, I will send it on with the other images to Terry in the morning. Thanks again for all your work, you guys are the best in the world at this! Kindest regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 28 April , 2019 Share Posted 28 April , 2019 Evening 6632 in Post 1022 is married. He is the same Christopher O'Brien that was in TF in 1897 then full time from 1899 in RIR fulfilled two service periods and discharged in 1911 and listed as Drummer. He appears to have had an alcohol problem but nothing to suggest any other illness attributable to service in army although he had done overseas tours (SA etc). FMP at https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/WO363-4/007280339/00998&parentid=GBM/WO363-4/7280339/76/998 Don't think he qualifies. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 28 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2019 Good man George, like yourself, I don't think he would qualify. Fair play for sticking to this, tenacity at its best, for which I am very grateful, thank you. Kindest regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 (edited) And we are off!! I spent two hours looking for this soldier with miserable lack of any success. Can you help please? He died at Cork at the end of 1919. Thanking you all very much for all your help and support with these unfindables. Kind regards. Tom. Edited 29 April , 2019 by museumtom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, museumtom said: And we are off!! I spent two hours looking for this soldier with miserable lack of any success. Can you help please? He died at Cork at the end of 1919. Thanking you all very much for all your help and support with these unfindables. Kind regards. Tom. Is it Callaghan or O'Callaghan ? Possibles based on the medal rolls for Callaghan. #335 5th Connaught #6635 6th Connaught #5253 5th & 1st Connaught For O'Callaghan #5258 6th Connaught (but noted as Cpl). #3896 6th Connaught (but noted as Sgt). Craig Edited 29 April , 2019 by ss002d6252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 7 accepted by IFCP this morning, 3 on Friday. Well done to all concerned!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Hello Craig, the thing is I have seen them drop the 'O' real easy, so it could be either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 May I put up another one that looks easy please? Can someone please post an FMP link for searching seamen, I am totally totally unsuccessful at it. Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 42 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: Morning It appears that Ancestry treats him as John O'Callaghan in their Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 if that is the correct person. A 0 aged baby died just previous to him as well. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 1 hour ago, museumtom said: 7 accepted by IFCP this morning, 3 on Friday. Well done to all concerned!! Well done Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Thank you George well found!! Does he have a number or can you post a link to his records please? Dai it was a group effort, you guys found the difficult ones, the other are a piece of cake. Thanks to all concerned. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 (edited) Here are two references from Ancestry-note not copying their documents on the forum but hopefully these may help. I am looking through FMP and Ancestry for other information. Name: William Francis O'Callaghan Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1917 Death Age:40 Registration district: Middletown Volume:4 Page:377 FHL Film Number:0101607 Name: John O'Callaghan Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919 Death Age:40 Registration district: Cork Volume:5 Page:61 FHL Film Number:0101607 You don't think they are brothers do you? whether that helps you Tom I'm not certain George Edited 29 April , 2019 by George Rayner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Thanks for trying George. I think they are the references for the death certs? Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Yes that's all I can accurately turn up at the moment George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Thanks for trying George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Can't get a sniff on either of the O'Callaghans! No match in Pension or Service Records or in the National Archive index. I'll try again later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 1 minute ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: Can't get a sniff on either of the O'Callaghans! No match in Pension or Service Records or in the National Archive index. I'll try again later. Me neither. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 No bother lads, I gave up two hours ago!! Thanks for trying lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Just now, museumtom said: No bother lads, I gave up two hours ago!! Thanks for trying lads! Move on and come back if needed I think. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Good idea Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Just before you give up... I don't have access to Fold3 for Pensions but this https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61588&h=90088663&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Yiy17965&_phstart=successSource URL on Ancestry is for a Margaret O'Callaghan and her son John for a pension claim Maybe George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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