Jeramiah Brannigan

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Obituary:

Mr. Jeremiah Brannigan

At the Tenterfield P.A.M. Hospital on 23rd December there passed away Mr. Jeremiah Brannigan at the age of 61 years after a short illness. The late Mr. Brannigan was the youngest of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Brannigan of Bryans Gap and the birthplace of their children.

The late Mr. Brannigan leaves two brothers, Messrs. R. and P.J. Brannigan, (Tenterfield), and two sisters, Mrs. J. Nolan (Casino) and Miss E. Brannigan (Brisbane). The deceased gentleman in his early days was occupied with road building and bush work until 1903 when he took up mining and tunnel work until the outbreak of the Great War. He joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces and served three years and 89 days on the Western Front. He returned to New Zealand after the close of the war and worked in the "Otiona" tunnel until it's completion. He then went to Auckland and married Miss Kathleen Curry, who died eight years ago. He then returned to Tenterfield and has resided with his brother Mr. P. J. Brannigan until the time of his death.

The funeral, under the direction of Mr. J. P. Cooper moved from the residence of the Mr. John O'Neil on the afternoon of 24th December, when there was a large number of sympathetic friends who followed the cortege to the Roman Catholic Church. Here Returned Soldiers acted as pall-bearers, also the cemetery where Rev. Father Hynes recited the prayers at the graveside. There were many beautiful floral tributes sent as tokens of esteem.
More About JERAMIAH BRANNIGAN:
Burial: 24 Dec 1936, Tenterfield Cemetery, Douglas St., Tenterfield, New South Wales
Funeral Minister: Rev. Father Hynes
Funeral Service: Roman Catholic Church, Tenterfield, New South Wales

Jeramiah married Kathleen Curry. (Kathleen Curry was born circa 1880 in New Zealand and died in 1928 in New Zealand.)