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Paul Vincent Bernasconi

1887-1931

Unit

Main Body

Rank

Driver

Serial

5/885

About

Born in England

23 September 1887
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Motor-driver
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Ivy Bernasconi

Army Experience

  • 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

    United Kingdom

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Military Medal ribbon

    Military Medal
    For bravery in the field.

    Death

    Died at the age of 43

    14 August 1931

    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 W5520 77/0014192, Military Personnel File.

    London Gazette, 14 May 1919, p. 6062.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 8.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Paul Vincent Bernasconi (1887-1931)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/46

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