BRIEN, Michael Francis
(Service number 57503)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs CHARTERS (sister), Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements H Company | ||
| Date | 13 October 1917 | ||
| Transport | Corinthic | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Liverpool, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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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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