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BRENNAN, Francis
(Service number 49591)

Aliases	Frank
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	25/03/1881	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date	1 March 1917	Age	35 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	Makikihi
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	F. BRENNAN (father), North-east Valley, Dunedin
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 143 lbs. Chest measurement 36¼-38¼ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair dark. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (right arm). Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A. Moderate degree flat foot.

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	26th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	26 August 1919	Reason	On account of wounds received in Action

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

4 September 1917: Gun shot wound to right arm, left leg.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	13 November 1967	Age	86 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 126, Plot 6
New Zealand Memorials	Roll of Honour (as a rteturned serviceman), Upper Junction School, Dunedin (destroyed by fire in 1945)

Biographical Notes

Francis BRENNAN, known as Frank, was born on 25 March 1881 at Dunedin, the son of Irish born Francis and Jane (née KELLEHER) BRENNAN.

Margaret Vuleta commented that Frances, who farmed at St Andrews, was wounded by shrapnel and, as a result, always used a walking stick.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [09 September 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 11805 W5520 0017704) [10 September 2014]; ; NZ BDM historical records indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 September 2014]; Timaru Herald, 13, 14, 20 & 24 March 1917, Otago Daily Times, 12 May 1917, 21 January 1919, 2 June 1920 (Papers Past) [10 September 2014; 16 July 2015]; School Admission Records (Dunedin Branch NZSG) [10 September 2014]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [11 September 2014]; SCRoll web submission from M Vuleta, 16 August 2015; "Upper Junction" on the Dunedin Family History Group website at http://www.dunedinfamilyhistory.co.nz/upper-junction/ (28 August 2015)

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