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BROSNAN, John Joseph
(Service number 35410)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	16/10/1883	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	11 November 1916	Age	33 years
Address at Enlistment	Box 160, Fairlie
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs C. BROSNAN (mother), Glen-iti, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 5½ inches. Weight 138 lbs. Chest measurement 33-36 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Had pleurisy 3 years before enlisting. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily and mental health. No fits.

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	25th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles
Date	31 May 1917
Transport	Moeraki; transhipped to "Port Lincoln" at Sydney for Suez
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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 September 1919	Reason	Termination of his period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Late November 1917 he was admitted to the Sationary Hospital.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 March 1971	Age	87 years
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 155, Plot 42
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Joseph BROSNAN was a son of Timothy John BROSNAN and Catherine née DEEN. He was baptised on 30 October 1883 at the Catholic Parish of Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 February 2014]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0018558) [01 July 2014]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [June 2014]; Christchurch Catholic Diocese Baptisms Index CD (held by South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [19 July 2015]; Timaru Herald, 26 December 1893, 22 December 1894, 23 October 1909, 20 July 1909,, Otago Daily Times, 1 August 1919 (Papers Past) [28 February 2014; 18 July 2015; 10 February 2016]; SCRoll web submission by G Scanell, 31 October 2023

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