6358 Private John Coote, 7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers

1911 Irish Census, Francis Street, Ennis

1915 Oct 9, disembarked at Salonika

1916 Nov 3. battalion absorbed by the 6th battalion

1917 Sep. battalion moved to Egypt for service in Palestine.

1918 Mar. transferred to Machine Gun Corps, as 157920 Private John Coote, Machine Gun Corps (from regimental number)

1918 Apr 30. battalion left the Division and sailed from Port Said, arriving Marseilles 1 June.

1918 Jul 18. declared a deserter aged 25

1921 May 17. Weekly Intelligence Summary 6th Division . BMH.WS0883 Page 162

Kerry Brigade Area, 5: IRA Personnel, (c) 18th Brigade Area ‘John Coote of Spanoel Hill near Ennis who was acquitted of carrying arms etc. is an itinerant tailor and also a deserter from the Machine Gun Corps. His tailoring is only a cloak, in reality he as a Machin Gun Instructor to the Clare I.R.A Serving with Free State Army at Ennis, Court House, 1st Western Command Nov 1923

1922 Oct 7. 30529 / 35774 Private John Coote, attested 7 Oct 1922 at Ennis Co Clare, address Cornmarket Street Ennis Co Clare, Nok Mother Nora Coote

 

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