Decorations 1914-15 Star; Victory & British War Medals Enlistment 13 Jun 1914 Next of kin address Galway Middle Street Ireland Mother Mary Father Martin More info Enrolled in the RNR for 5 years service on 13 June 1914 and mobilised for hostilities (called out by proclamation) on 2 August 1914. 'Nature of service prior to entering Reserve: shore fishing.' Trained aboard HMS Invincible for 2 weeks in 1914. Embarked HMS Caroline on 25 July 1915. Disembarked from HMS Caroline 31 January 1917. Undertook D.A.M.S. gunnery training at Whale Island from 1 February onwards. Deserted from Whale Island (HMS Excellent) 12 May 1917, and reapprehended 25 August 1917. Assigned to duties with Defensively Armed Merchant Ships at Gibraltar (depot ship HMS Cormorant) from 25 August 1917. Admitted to Gibraltar Hospital 14 May 1918, discharged on 21 August 1918. Sent to crew HM Trawler Silicia in Greece (depot ship HMS Europa) on 21 December 1918. Released from detention, aboard HMS Woolwich in Devonport, and posted from Portsmouth RN barracks at Victory Main Gate on 1 August 1919. Demobilised on 12 October 1919. Unemployed in 1920, working aboard two Galway trawlers as a fisherman in 1921. Briefly joined the Irish Free State army in spring 1921. Unemployed as at September 1923. Performing shore work in 1924. 'Term expired 24 June 1924 and ineligible for further re-enrolment. (Resident and employed in Irish Free State).