Catalogue description Folio(s): 281. Name: John O'Brien . Rank: Private . Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 2 The...

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Details of MH 106/2113/104
Reference: MH 106/2113/104
Description:

Folio(s): 281.

Name: John O'Brien.

Rank: Private.

Unit/Battalion/Regiment: 2 The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)

Service number: 2651.

Age: 35.

Hospital(s): Military Section, London Hospital; Bethnal Green Military Hospital, London.

Condition/Injury/Disease: Rifle bullet wound of spinal column; Complete division of spinal cord.

Details and Outcome: Patient wounded 01/06/1917. Laminectomy performed in France 20/06/1915. Ailments listed: total flaccid paralysis, loss of sensation, abolition of all reflexes below groin, incontinence. Patient died 02/11/1916. Post-mortem examination, total division of spin cord discovered.

Number of Pages: 1.

Date: 1915 July 20 - 1916 Nov 2
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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