Patrick MCGUINNESS

MCGUINNESS, Patrick

Service Number: 7932
Enlisted: 4 January 1917, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Euroa, Victoria, April 1878
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Euroa State School
Occupation: School teacher
Died: Died of wounds, France, 6 May 1918
Cemetery: Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cottesloe State School WW1 Honour Board, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

MR. P. McGUINESS, late Headmaster Stete School, Kurrawang. (Killed in action in France, on May 6.) Mr. McGuiness entered thc Education Department in 1897 at assistant at. the Perth Boys' School. Subsequently he held positions as head teacher of rural and goldfields schools. The deceased soldier was highly esteemed by his colleagues and scholars.