86039 Pte Arthur Nesbitt, Machine Gun Corps (infantry)

NESBITT, Private, Arthur 86039. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 4th October 1919. Age 22. 1284.

 

1897 Dec 7. born

1915 Dec 10. enlisted Bn NF. NOK: sister - Maud Nesbitt, Roundstones, Co. Galway

1917 Feb 13. to MGC

1917 Aug 8. Landed in France with 74 Coy MGC, later 25 Bn

1918 Jun 11 Posted missing.

1918 Aug 20 Posted as POW. At Morchies - wounded left thigh. ICRC Ref: PA22270

1919 Jan 7. War Office Casualty List as repatriated POW

1919 Oct 4. Died in Military Hospital Curragh of desease contracted while a POW.

Buried Curragh Military Cemetery - County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

 

British soldiers died in Ireland