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Claude Clarence Breen

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Soldier on horseback, Claude Breen, taken at Aboul-Ella Railway Station on 16 January 1916 whilst on duty in charge of party. - No known copyright restrictions

Soldier on horseback, Claude Breen, taken at Aboul-Ella Railway Station on 16 January 1916 whilst on …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude Clarence AWMM
  • Surname
    Breen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Pirini AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/594 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • 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 Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Eunice Phoebe Breen (wife), Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/594 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 Clerk AWMM
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  • 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Mentions in diary that he is nursed by 'Bungy' Newell's sister whilst in hospital - Lyna Todd Newell, 22/153, NZANSC. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection holds a typed transcript of Breen's war diary covering a period from 10 February 1915 to 9 February 1916. [Ref. MS 2002/150]

    Breen was the Native Contingent's Pay Clerk (the contingent's name for him was 'Pirini') and was with them at Gallipoli. However, while Breen was closely associated with the contingent he does not mention specific names. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22278790
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 75 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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