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Patrick Colin Brien

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Patrick Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    Brien AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    635153 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    20 July 1921 Public - Raymond - Other relative - 29 January 2022 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
    Thames, New Zealand Public - Raymond - Other relative - 29 January 2022 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • 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)"
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    635153 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. G. 22. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237006
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      p.47 AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      p.19 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
29 January 2022RaymondCanberra, AustraliaOther relative

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