New Zealand Tunnellers

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

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