TWOMEY, Brian Leo
(Service number 34977)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 24 March 1894 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | J. W. TWOMEY (father), High Street, Temuka, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 21st Reinforcements Specialist Company, Signal Section | ||
| Date | 19 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa or Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 March 1975 | Age | 80 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Brian Leo TWOMEY was the son of Jeremiah Matthew and Teresa Mary (nee HUGHES) TWOMEY. In 1923 he married Hilda Myra KEMBLE. His brother Francis Hugh TWOMEY was killed in action in 1917 in the Palestine. Another brother, Ernest Matthew TWOMEY, also served in WWI.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [20 January 2015]; Te Henui Cemetery Records (New Plymouth District Council) [21 January 2015], Te Henui headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery Records fiches & ancestry.com.au) [21 January 2015]
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