WINFIELD, Patrick
| Service Number: | 4776 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Meredith, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Memorials: | Drysdale St James' Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Mannerim State School & District Roll of Honor, Marcus & Mannerim Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4776, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4776, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4776, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 30 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , Egypt | |
| 30 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 8 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4776, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4776, 29th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, German Spring Offensive 1918, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At CORBIE on evening of 30th April, 1918. | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4776, 29th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4776, 29th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 12 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 12 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 4776, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 5 July 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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Military Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At CORBIE on evening of 30th April, 1918, when Brigade Headquarters was being heavily shelled, the Wireless station dug out was destroyed by a shell, one sapper being wounded and buried. At great risk to himself Corporal WINFIELD left his dug out and with the assistance of another man cleared the debris from the wounded man and carried him to a place of safety. This entailed half an hourUs strenuous work in an exposed position under very heavy shell fire. Corporal WINFIELD who is the Brigade Bombing N.C.O. has always shown great zeal in the execution of his office and the greatest coolness and courage under the most trying circumstances. Corporal WINFIELD performed this act of gallantry on his own initiative and was not warned for the duty.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15
Date: 4 February 1919
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