Cornelius Sweeney

1884-†?

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1590

About

Born in New Zealand

8 April 1884
Parent

Mother

Ellen Sweeney
Residence

Hometown

Mercer
Work

Occupation

Farmer

Employer

New Zealand Railways
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

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 W5553 88/0111284, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 7.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Cornelius Sweeney (1884-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/817