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BRIEN, Michael Francis
(Service number 57503)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs CHARTERS (sister), Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	29th Reinforcements H Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Liverpool, England

Other Units Served With
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No information

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Discharge

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Death

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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

C Ford recounts: "This is my Pop , he had an Irish mother and his father was 2ND generation Irish . He grew up in Kerrytown and his Dad cared for horses. He went to war and was gassed and also shot in the leg. He walked with a limp all his life and also had a terrible cough from the gas. He had a brief holiday in Scotland and returned to NZ and won a ballot and farmed at Claremont . He married Kit Lynch and had two daughters and 3 sons . He retired into Timaru and gardened - he had an amazing vegie garden and always gave fruit and vegies to family and friends and neighbors . He was a quiet and dignified man and a wonderful granddad . He died in his 90's"

Sources

Cenotaph Database [03 August 2013]

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