COLEMAN, Patrick
| Service Number: | 5350 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ireland Castlebar Mayo Peace Park Australian War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5350, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5350, 15th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 5350, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5350 awm_unit: 4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of 16 Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on the Mayo Great War Memorial in Mayo Peace Park, Garden of Remembrance, Lannagh Road, Castlebar, County Mayo.
Usually the name appears because the casualty was born in the area or his parents lived there but sometimes the association rests with the fact that the casualty was educated in the district.
The County Mayo Peace Park and Garden of Remembrance is a project to document people from County Mayo who lost their lives in both World Wars. The park was conceived by Michael Feeney. It was officially opened by Mary McAleese, the President of Ireland in October 2008. The annual Remembrance Day Services to commemorate the World War deceased began in 1999, when Feeney organised an official Remembrance mass in the Church of the Holy Rosary in Castlebar following research which showed that a significant number of County Mayo soldiers were killed in action in World War I and World War II.
Next of kin-Aunt, Mrs A Mangan, Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland.
Previous military service-Served for 8 years in the Dublin Fusiliers (time expired).
Enlistment date 4 December 1915
Place of enlistment-Cairns, Queensland
Unit name
15th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916.
Disembarked Egypt, 24 May 1916.
Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 8 June 1916.
Seconded for duty with 4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 25 September 1916.
Reported missing in action, 11 April 1917. Court of Enquiry, 1 December 1917, confirmed fate as killed in action, France, 11 April 1917.
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