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Robert Edward Heenan

1894-1970

Portrait of Robert Edward Heenan

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

40214

About

Born in New Zealand

27 January 1894
Parents

Mother

Annie Heenan

Father

Edward Heenan
Residence

Hometown

Collingwood
Work

Occupation

Cheesemaker

Employer

Collingwood Dairy Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 12th Nelson and Marlborough Regiment

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 76

    16 September 1970

    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 W5539 107/0053106, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

    Photograph

    Otago Witness, 26 September 1917.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Robert Edward Heenan (1894-1970)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/371

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