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Patrick Joseph Twomey

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}Patrick Joseph Twomey {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (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] 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]

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2. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 37836 |date=1 January 1947 |page=32 |supp=y }}

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