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CAREY, Patrick Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 34 |
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Enlisted: | 29 November 1915, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Limbri, Tamworth Municipality - New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
Home Town: | Limbri, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 34, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW | |
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4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 34, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 34, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
16 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 33rd Battalion to 53rd Battalion | |
23 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 34, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 34 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Carey of Ferguson Street, Glen Innes, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal