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BROSNAHAN, Robert Michael (Robert Joseph)
(Service number 51099)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	12/02/1894	Place of Birth	Kerrytown

Enlistment Information

Date	10 March 1917	Age	23 yrs
Address at Enlistment	Kerrytown
Occupation	Labourer (for T. W. BROSNAHAN, Awaranui)
Previous Military Experience	2nd Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs D. BROSNAHAN (mother), Kerrytown, South Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 months. Weight 10 st 3 lbs. Chest 32-34 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair dark. Sight - right eye 6/9, left eye 6/18. hearing, colour vision, heart and lungs all normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily and mental health. Had had a fit? Had diptheria 12 months prior to December 1916.

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	16 June 1919	Reason	Termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	25 May 1943	Age	49 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 200, Plot 6
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of David & Mary BROSNAHAN (both from Ireland). Brother of Barry Joseph. Robert was single when he enlisted but three people were absolutely dependent on him. He served for a total of 2 years & 102 days. He embarked to NZ per S.S. Carpentaria, leaving from London on 2 April 1919. On 28 April 1919 he had to pay 1/- for loss of articles of kit. Robert was born and grew up In Kerrytown; he left to go to the Front from Kerrytown; after more than two years away he returned to Kerrytown for most of his remaining years.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [29 July 2013]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0018545) [16 April 2014]; TDC headstone image (Temuka Cemetery) [02 April 2014]

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