| Surname: | Desmond |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | P/6905 |
| Notes: | MFP. Served Home. He enlisted 12/11/15 in the Irish Guards, No. 10335, transferred 16/2/16 to the Cheshire Regiment, No.3/35343, 8/1/17 transferred to the MFP, served in 5 Area, Western Command, born Sydney, Australia, occupation Clerk, Enlisted age 34.6 years, occupation Clerk, home address: 5 Crown Street, Liverpool. Trouble with intestines having been kicked in stomach by a soldier in February 1916. 15/6/19 discharged to class Z reserve. 26/7/1918 his daughter Selmar Lucy Desmond, age 11 months died at 44 Bianca Street, Liverpool from bronco pneumonia. Letters in his army record show that he applied for a repatriation ticket to Australia then postponed it. John Desmond. |