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BROSNAHAN, Barry Bernard
(Service number 51098)

Aliases	Barry Joseph BROSNAHAN at birth, marriage, death & burial. Sometimes as BROSNAN.
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/04/1890	Place of Birth	Kerrytown

Enlistment Information

Date	12 December 1916	Age	26 Yrs
Address at Enlistment	Kerrytown
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs D. BROSNAHAN (mother), Kerrytown, South Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

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	27th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti
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 May 1918	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

August 1917 in hospital - severe case. Discharged as no longer physically fit for War Service on account of flat feet (condition existed prior to enlistment, not result of war service).

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 October 1968	Age	78 yrs
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 21 October 1968
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 252, Plot 1017
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of David & Mary BROSNHAN. Brother of Robert Joseph. Next of kin at death - Mrs M. J. BROSNAHAN, 41 Wilkin St, Temuka. Barry was survived by his wife, Mary, three daughters and two sons.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [29 July 2013]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0018530) [27 August 2013]; TDC Headstone image Temuka Cemetery [28 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 11 August 1917 (Papers Past) [28 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 21 October 1968 (Timaru District Library) [11 April 2014]

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