The Official Record
Service Personnel Records
The personnel records of New Zealanders who served in World War 1 have been digitised by New Zealand's National Archives. They are also available to be searched online.
Reproduced below are snippets from documents within the individual records of Sandy, his brothers Ted and George, and their cousin, Alec Mee.
17 December 1915
[Edwin Joseph Mulligan enlisted for service on 17 December, 1915. He was the 4th child of the family, and was four years older than Sandy.]
13 February, 1916
29 February, 1916
6 March, 1916
1 April, 1916
6 April, 1916
3 November, 1916
Sandy awarded the Military Medal for Acts of Gallantry in the Field
The citation read: "During the operations on the Somme. On the 15th September, 1916, he proceeded through a heavy Barrage to collect wounded. He showed the other bearers a splendid example of courage and self-sacrifice in the face of danger, and exhibited great initiative in bringing wounded back safely."
28 March, 1917
Sandy appointed Acting Staff Sergeant Major and Warrant Officer First Class
16 May, 1917
Ted admitted to Field Ambulance
19 May, 1917
Ted admitted to No 14 General Hospital with appendicitis
30 May, 1917
Ted goes to Walton Hospital
18 August, 1917
ASM Detached to England on Leave (in the field)
2 September, 1917
Sandy rejoined No 2 Field Ambulance from leave in England
4 September, 1917
Ted: transferred from Walton to Hornchurch
18 September, 1917
Ted: transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, at Walton
19 November, 1917
Evidence & finding of a Court of Inquiry, in the field in Alec Mee's personnel file: "Missing believed killed 12 Oct 1917 during operations at Belle Vue Spur."
26 November, 1917
Sandy awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty"
26 November, 1917
Ted reported at Boscombe (New Zealand Engineers Reserve Depot, Boscombe, England)