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James Joseph Breen

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Breen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2078 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 44 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    T. Breen (father), Waitotara, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2078 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mr T. Breen, of Marybank, Wanganui.

    "Came to School at the age of twelve, having previously been at Hurworth, where he remained until December, 1911. He had definitely decided to take law for a profession, and was studying in an office at Palmerston North when he enlisted. He left New Zealand with the Fifth Reinforcements, and was reported wounded and missing at Gallipoli on August 8th, 1915, his death being subsequently confirmed." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    8 August 1915 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
    • N Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 22 April 2019 - Family

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27 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
22 April 2019TracyWanganui nzDirect descendant

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