William Matthew Brannigan

  General Notes:

1 daughter married with children, grandchildren and gtreatgrandchildren
source:& Ken Shiels who notes:
Notes for WILLIAM MATTHEW BRANNIGAN:
World War One Record
On Williams WW1 record his name was spelt "Branegan"
According to his Army record, William was struck on the right knee with a cricket ball about 1916, causing decay of the bone. It appears that this injury was the cause of his rhuematism.
Name: BRANNIGAN, WILLIAM MATTHEW
Service: Australian Army
Service Number: N99014
Date of Birth: 13 Dec 1897
Place of Birth: TENTERFIELD, NSW
Date of Enlistment: 21 Oct 1940
Locality on Enlistment: LEICHHARDT, NSW
Place of Enlistment: PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin: BRANNIGAN, THOMASINA
Date of Discharge: 31 Aug 1945
Rank: Corporal
Posting at Discharge: 5 AUSTRALIAN BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT
WW2 Honours and Gallantry: None for display
Prisoner of War: No
On February4, 1839, about 4 months after the death of his son, Robert Frederick Brannigan, William purchased the plot adjacent to his son in the Church of England Section of the Field of Mars Cemetery, for the sum of £2.10/- (2 pounds 10 shillings)

Obituary:
BRANNIGAN, William Matthew - January 31, 1974 at RGH, Concord, Late of Parramatta and Kurrajong, Beloved husband of Thomasina (dec'd) and loved father of Dot, Bill, George, Arthur, Don and Kathleen.
More About WILLIAM MATTHEW BRANNIGAN:
Burial: Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales
Cemetery Plot Number: 137
Cemetery Section: Church of England section "O"
Occupation 1: 1939, Motor Driver
Occupation 2: Bef. 1918, Miner
Occupation 3: Nov 1918, Motor Driver

  Noted events in his life were:

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William married Thomasina Mildred (Tina) Emery, daughter of John (Jack) Emery and Phoebe Anne Davies, on 30 Nov 1918 in St Michaels C of E, Balgownie, Wollongong, NSW Australia. (Thomasina Mildred (Tina) Emery was born on 7 Sep 1898 in Wollongong, NSW Australia and died on 25 Jun 1970 in Penrith Hospital, Sydney, NSW Australia ¹³⁰.)