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BROSNAHAN, James Gregory
(Service number 16270)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	25 May 1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	16 December 1915	Age	21 years 6 months
Address at Enlistment	Washdyke near Timaru
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	2nd S. C. Rgt.
Marital Status
Next of Kin	T. H. BROSNAHAN (father), Washdyke near Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 5 inches. Weight 123 lbs. Chest 30-32 inches. Complexion fair. Hair brown. Eyes grey. Right eye good, left eye 2/2. Hearing good. Colour vision correct. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. Slight hesitation in speech. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	16th Reinforcements Mounted Rifle Details
Date	19 August 1916
Transport	Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	31 January 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

19 February 1917 admitted to NZ General Hospital at Brockenhurst, with appendicitis; 15 March 1917 reported to be progressing favourably; 23rd March dondition unchanged. By 22 July 1917 he had developed abdominal colic. 10 September 1917 again admitted to NZ G H Brockenhurst - debility, weak, abdominal pain.

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	28 November 1958	Age	64 yrs
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 29 November 1958
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 200, Plot 12
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Stowaway on Transport 61 Aparima. Left from Fremantle 2 October 1916. Gave total of 2 years 47 days of service. On 19 August 1917, James forfeited 4 days pay for refusing to obey orders of Super Officer. After his discharge, it was found that 5 pounds 19 shillings was to be credited to him. His brother, Mr H. P. BROSNAHAN, Seadown, was next-of-kin at his death.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [29 July 2013]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0018535) [27 August 2013]; TDC headstone image (Temuka Cemetery) [28 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 29 November 1958 (Timaru District Library) [11 April 2014]

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