1888 Born Killadysert, Co Clare, Ireland
1901 census living at Copley Place, Copley Street, Cork
1903 Mar 5. Enlists in Royal Artillery aged 15.
1908 - 1916 Served in India
1911 census he is a soldier at 78th Battery Royal Field Artillery, Campbellpore, India
1916 - 1919 Served in Mesopotamia
1921 Apr 1 died aged 33 at Crosshaven. buried Co Cork. Son of Mrs. Margaret Shorten of Bulford Camp, Wilts. Obituary in Cork Examiner. He died if TB at Athlone
Buried Douglas St Luke, Church of Ireland