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'''Patrick Joseph Twomey''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (22 February 1892 – 1963) was a New Zealand [[Marist Brothers|Marist brother]], meter reader and leprosy fund-raiser. |
'''Patrick Joseph Twomey''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (22 February 1892 – 1963) was a New Zealand [[Marist Brothers|Marist brother]], meter reader and leprosy fund-raiser. He was born in [[Wellington]] on 22 February 1892.<ref name="DNZB Twomey">{{DNZB|title=Patrick Joseph Twomey|first= Hugh|last= Laracy|id=5t24|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> |
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Twomey devoted most of life in service of [[lepers]] and sufferers of tropical diseases in the South West Pacific. He was a member of the Leper Trust Board, and served as its secretary from 1942 until his death in 1963.<ref name="DNZB Twomey"/> He also served as a member of the [[Home Guard (New Zealand)|Home Guard]] during [[World War II]]. |
Twomey devoted most of life in service of [[lepers]] and sufferers of tropical diseases in the South West Pacific. He was a member of the Leper Trust Board, and served as its secretary from 1942 until his death in 1963.<ref name="DNZB Twomey"/> He also served as a member of the [[Home Guard (New Zealand)|Home Guard]] during [[World War II]]. |
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Patrick Joseph Twomey MBE (22 February 1892 – 1963) was a New Zealand Marist brother, meter reader and leprosy fund-raiser. He was born in Wellington on 22 February 1892.[1]
Twomey devoted most of life in service of lepers and sufferers of tropical diseases in the South West Pacific. He was a member of the Leper Trust Board, and served as its secretary from 1942 until his death in 1963.[1] He also served as a member of the Home Guard during World War II.
In the 1947 New Year Honours Twomey was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.[2] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[3] He was also awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur by the French in 1956. Twomey died in Suva on 1 August 1963.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Laracy, Hugh. "Patrick Joseph Twomey". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "No. 37836". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1947. p. 32.
- ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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