Remembering Those Who Served - 100 Years of WW1 Commemoration:

Lance Corporal Dominic Gonley, of Otautau:
#26/561 – NZ Rifle Brigade, 4^th Battalion, D Company

Dominic Gonley was born in Milltown, County Kerry, Ireland on 12^th July 1894. He was the only son of Police Sergeant P. Gonley (Patrick) of Caherdaniel, County Kerry, Ireland who was a brother of Mick Gonley, Barber, Tobacconist & News Agent, of Otautau, Southland.

Dominic immigrated to NZ and was working as a Salesman for his uncle M. Gonley at Otautau when he enlisted on 11 October 1915. He embarked for Suez, Egypt on 5^th February 1916 and served in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force and on the Western European Front. Lance Corporal Gonley was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917 and buried in Belgium at the Tyne Cot Memorial Cemetery. He is remembered on the NZ Apse, Panel 7, and is also named on the Otautau & Districts Soldiers Memorial (or Otautau War Memorial). 

NOTE: we have no photo of Lance Corporal Dominic Gonley, if you can help us by adding one to our collection, please contact our Collections Manager as below - thankyou.


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