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WREN, Timothy
(Service number 6/2967)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	27/05/1891	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	94 Falsgrave Street, Christchurch
Occupation	Painter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Bridget WREN (mother), 94 Falsgrave Street, Christchurch
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	Aparima or navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	25 December 1941	Age	49 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Timothy Wren was the second son of Irish-born Denis John and Bridget (née Ryan) Wren. His father died in 1896, leaving Bridget with six young children. His brothers, John and Valentine, also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 July 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 July 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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