Patrick Colin Brien

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Patrick Colin AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Brien AWMM

Nama Hōia

635153 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

20 July 1921

Public - Raymond - Other relative - 29 January 2022 - Military Personnel File

Wāhi Whānau

Thames, New Zealand

Public - Raymond - Other relative - 29 January 2022 - Military Personnel File

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs M. Robertson, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• Correction: Mrs M. Robinson (as per the Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945)
  
  Mrs. M. Robinson is my father's mother. She married a 'Robinson' after the death of previous husband ('Brien')
  Public - Raymond - Other relative - 27 February 2021 - Verbatim in "Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945)"

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
• Pre 1945 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

635153 AWMM

Te urunga

• WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.47 Fibrous-plasterer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.47
• WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.19 Fibrous-plasterer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.19

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.47 35th (Mixed) Battalion 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.47 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.19 Infantry Reinforcements 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.19 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
27 (Machine Gun) Battalion AWMM

Patrick Brien was the son of Alfred J. and Mary Brien, of Thames, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

15 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. G. 22. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237006
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.47
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.19
• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.