Anselm Flynn

1894-1918

Portrait of Anselm Flynn

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37667

About

Born in New Zealand

21 June 1894
Parents

Mother

Ellen Flynn

Father

Jeremiah Henry Flynn
Residence

Hometown

Te Wera
Work

Occupation

Labourer
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 24

1 December 1918

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 105/0040918, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

Photograph

Courtesy of Osbaldiston family.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Anselm Flynn (1894-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/276