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Cletus Patrick O'Brien

1886-1918

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37651

About

Born in England

29 January 1886
Parents

Mother

Norah O'Brien

Father

Michael O'Brien

Settled in New Zealand

1892
Residence

Hometown

Denniston
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Westport Coal Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Millerton Volunteer

    2 years in 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 32

    17 July 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 W5549 89/0087348, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Cletus Patrick O'Brien (1886-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/636

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