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BROSNAHAN, James Timothy
(Service number 22933)

Aliases	Jim
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	6 July 1891	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	11 January 1916	Age	24 yrs 1 mth
Address at Enlistment	C/- W. Burt, Waipukurua (Waipukurau?)
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Timothy Michael BROSNAHAN (father), Kerrytown, Timaru, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 11 stone. Chest 35-37 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes hazel. Hair dark brown. Sight, hearing, colour vision, heart and lungs all normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Teeth - upper two unformed, lower teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No previous illnesses. No fits.

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	4th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	27 May 1916
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	9 February 1919	Reason	Termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Admitted to hospital on 10 July 1917, then to Walton-on-Thames Hospital on 11 July, with gun shot wounds received on 28/30 June 1917. He had in fact been reported wounded on 225 June. He was transferred to Hornchurch on 17 July and stayed there until 22 August.

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	25 July 1955	Age	64 yrs
Place of Death	The Gums, Kerrytown
Cause	Sickness
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 204, Plot 383
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Timothy BROSNAHAN was the son of Timothy Michael Thady and Mary BROSNAHAN. Timothy remarried in 1896, three years after James's mother, Mary, died in 1893.

Jamesgave a total of 3 years and 30 days of war service. He embarked at Liverpool on 3 December 1918 per "Tahiti".

James is buried with his father and his step-mother Bridget in Timaru Cemetery.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 July 2013]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0018536) [16 April 2014]; TDC headstone image (Temuka Cemetery) [28 August 2013/23 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 26 July 1955 (Timaru District Library) [17 May 2015]; Timaru Herald, 20 May 1909, 16 July 1917, 8 & 14 January 1919, Oamaru Mail, 14 July 1917, Sun, 6 January 1919 (Papers Past) [11 February 2016]; SCRoll web submission by M Brosnan, 25 June 2020.

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