John Doolan Royal Dublin Fusiliers
John Doolan Private 28004 Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Machine gun corp 160104 born Thomastown Co. Kilkenny Ireland 1896 joined up October 1916. Drafted to France January 1917 to join with the 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Saw action at Messines Ridge June 7th 1917. Wounded 16th August 1917 in an attempt to capture Borry Farm. Rejoined his unit late October at Yprs, transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 15th of June 1918 transferred to the Machine gun corp. Later part of the Army of Occupation of the Rhine in Cologne with the 29th division. Demobbed 18th November 1918, returned to Thomastown where he died in 1973. Received Victory medal and British medal.
Photographs taken during his service on the Western Front.
Military field service post card. Sent to his mother December 1917.
John Doolan
Field service post card
Postcard
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with unknown comrades
Photograph
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with unknown German P.O.W's
Photograph of John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with unknown German P.O.W's
Prisoners of War
John Doolan Royal Dublin Fusiliers with unknown comrade 1917
John Doolan Royal Dublin Fusiliers with unknown comrade
Unknown German P.O.W's 1918 Western Front
Unknown German P.O.W's
John Doolan with unknown comrades
Unknown German P.O.W's with John Doolan Machine Gun Corp
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with unknown comrade
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with unknown comrade 1918
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with unknown comrades 1918
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with wound stripe
John Doolan Machine Gun Corp with wound stripe 1918
Ration Book issued on Demobisation
Ration Book 21st October 1919
Official document
Christmas Card
Christmas Card from John Doolan
200th Machine Gun Corp 1918-19 Team
200th Machine Gun Corp 1918-19
Unknown men Machine Gun Corp
P. O' Leary
P. O'Leary C.coy 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers friend of John Doolan
Picture taken of John Doolan when joined 1916.
Recruitment and Conscription
CONTRIBUTOR
Berni Egan
DATE
1916-10-30 - 1919-11-18
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
18
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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