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Joseph Patrick Brosnahan

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Brosnahan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Joe AWMM
  • Service number
    Malaya 30562 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 September 1929 Funeral Notice
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, 1944-1948. Public source.

    Photo of Capt J.P. Brosnahan in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Regiment (Malaya 1962). Source: The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Journal (1983) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 April 2020 Funeral Notice
    Age 90 AWMM
    Upper Hutt, Wellington Funeral Notice
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  • Cemetery
    Taita Lawn Cemetery Northern end Rimu Street Naenae Lower Hutt New Zealand AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 2 May 2020 AWMM
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