About Patrick Joseph Twomey
Lived 1892 – 1963 (aged 71). Patrick Joseph Twomey was a New Zealand physician.
Patrick Joseph Twomey (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.
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. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was also awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur by the French in 1956. Twomey died in Suva on 1 August 1963.
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Who was Patrick Joseph Twomey?
Marist brother, meter reader, leprosy fund-raiser
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Patrick Joseph Twomey was born on 22 February 1892.
When did Patrick Joseph Twomey die?
Patrick Joseph Twomey died on 1 August 1963.
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Patrick Joseph Twomey was a physician.
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Patrick Joseph Twomey was New Zealand.
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