Adolphus Michael Brennan

Forenames

Adolphus Michael AWMM

Surname

Brennan AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/1941 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

18 Mar 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

18 March 1896

Public - Christine - Other relative - 29 April 2017 - Family papers

Place of birth

Timaru, New Zealand

Public - Christine - Other relative - 29 April 2017 - Family papers and Death Certificate

Next of kin

• Mrs J. Brennan (mother), 59 Melbourne Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• Parents were Francis and Jane Brennan
  Public - Christine - Other relative - 29 April 2017 - Family papers

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Never married
  Public - Christine - Other relative - 29 April 2017 - Death Certificate

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/1941 AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Farm labourer

Public - Christine - Other relative - 29 April 2017 - Death Certificate

Embarkation details

Private AWMM

Medical notes

• Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from accident occurring, or disease contracted, while training with or attached to the NZEF in New Zealand. AWMM
• Endocarditis - heart failure.
  Public - Christine - Other relative - 29 April 2017 - Death Certificate

Last rank

Private AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit AWMM

• Son of Mrs J. Brennan, 59 Melbourne Street, Dunedin
  
  New Zealand Herald, 8 July 1915, p9. ["Camp Death Roll: . in the majority of cases death was due to complications following measles."] AWMM
• BRENNAN, Pte Adolphus Michael, Otago Infantry Battn, 4th Reinforcements, died 22 March, at Wellington Hospital, of a haemorrhage. NOK: James Brennan, North East Valley, Dunedin. [AWN 25.03.1915] p.55
  Public - Christine - Researcher - 24 July 2021 - Auckland Weekly News

Death

23 Mar 1915 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM 73. S. R.C. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Cemetery Records. Wellington City Council.
  http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22278797
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=4612
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643987/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643987
  Further Reference

References

• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.