Served with Wellington Mounted Rifles at Gallipoli in World War I (Serial No 5/77B; 11/77). Died of enteric fever at Alexandria Base Hospital, Egypt. Son of Ossian Paul Lynch, of Paekakariki, Wellington.
Lynch, Oscar Avonmore, 1894-1915
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St Patrick's College (Wellington) camera club, Paekakariki
Date: [190-?]
From: Lynch, Eileen (Miss), fl 1978 :Photographs relating to the Lynch family
Reference: 1/2-080314-F
Description: Members of St Patrick's College (Wellington) camera club, in the grounds of the Lynch family house 'Emerald Glen', in Paekakariki. Shows 10 boys in school uniform, standing by a camera. Photograph taken 190-? by an unidentified photographer. Back row, from left to right: Howard Buckley, Willie Lynch, Bernard Chapman, Courtenay O'Rourke, Oscar Avonmore Lynch (standing next to his camera). Front row: unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Location identified by Curator of Photographic Archive, John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Manuscript
Lynch family : Letters from W H Lynch and O A Lynch while on active service during Worl...
Date: 1914-1916 (transcribed [199-])
By: Lynch family
Reference: MS-Papers-4706
Description: The letters describe training camps in New Zealand, the voyage to Egypt and the brothers' experiences during the Gallipoli Campaign. Also included are letters and telegrams relating to the death of William and Oscar. William and Oscar Lynch both left New Zealand in October 1914 with the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles. William was killed on 8 August 1915 while fighting at Gallipoli. Oscar was wounded at Galliopli and subsequently died of enteric fever in Alexandria Hospital on 5 July 1915. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typecripts (photocopies) Provenance: The letters formed part of the estate of William and Oscar's sister, Eileen Lynch, who died in 1985. They were subsequently transcribed by a family member, Judy Caton (Lynch)