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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | LYNCH |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Michael James |
| Regimental Number | | 1679 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Simpson: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps, Clifton Hill Vic., WW1 101 Trooper 'A'Sqn. 8LH Sergeant died of disease 11.10.1918.
Blair: Drouin Vic.
5VMR QSA Roll: Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl).
URL1: WW1 AIF 101 Sergeant 8LH died of septicaemia in Egypt 11.10.1918, enlisted Watchuppa Vic.
URL2: horse trainer aged 32 from Clifton Hill Vic.
B5179: born 1879 a drover c/- PO S. Drouin Vic.
URL3: 5VMR photos.
URL4: DROUIN. - Privates RW LEITH and MJ LYNCH, members of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, were welcomed home from the war on Saturday evening [26.4.1902]. A large crowd met the returned soldiers at the railway station, and escorted them to the Railway Hotel, the home of Private LEITH, where the men were entertained by a gathering presided over by Mr. JG YOUNG. The health of the guests was drunk enthusiastically.
URL5: ADFA AIF Database record.
URL6: AWM Roll of Honour - Michael James LYNCH 101 Sergeant 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment Australian Army First World War, 1914-1918, died of illness (Septicaemia) 11.10.1918 in Egypt, place of association - Watchupga, Vic., cemetery or memorial details - Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 302
Simpson: Maygar page(s) 35 268
Blair: Shoulder to Shoulder - Military History of Baw Baw Shire page(s) 9
5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 29.4.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp | | External Link URL2 | | www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/10_13_1/pdf/0325.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | picasaweb.google.com/boerwarpics/Ozbpics# | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9637895 | | External Link URL5 | | aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=181958 | | External Link URL6 | | www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1637395/ |
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