CURRAN, Patrick Joseph
| Service Number: | V4849 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland , 22 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Illness, 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg), Melbourne, Australia, 3 February 1943, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, V4849 | |
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| 3 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V4849, Lines of Communication Units |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - V4849 Private Patrick Joseph Curran of Dublin, Ireland & St. Kilda, Victoria, who had served with the Tank Corps and Motor Transport Section of the 1st British Expeditionary Force in the trenches of Northern France and Belgium during the 1st World War.
Patrick received his official discharge from the British Army following the signing of the Armistice in November 1918, and in the decades of peace that followed immigrated out to Australia to start a new life.
With the outbreak of a Second World War, Patrick presented himself for enlistment with the Australian Military Forces on the 3rd of August 1940, and was accepted for service within Australia. Patrick was initially allocated to the 17th Garrison Battalion, then serving at Tatura, Victoria, before being transferred over to the 4th Military District Lines of Communication Australian Army Service Corps on the 13th of December 1941, which were then situated at Wayville, South Australia.
During this period, Patrick would as well be posted to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Although his service would be plagued by periods of sickness requiring hospitalization, Patrick would recover each time and would be returned to duty.
On the 28th of February 1942, Patrick was again transferred and was taken on strength with the Garrison Brigade Depot in Victoria, before again being transferred, and was posted to the 3rd Military District Lines of Communication Headquarters on the 10th of June 1942.
It was whilst serving with this Unit that Patrick’s health again broke down and he was evacuated for hospitalization at the 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg) on the 17th of November 1942.
Whilst still be treated at Heidelberg Patrick succumbed to illness on the 3rd of February 1943 at the premature age of 47.
Following his death whilst again on War Service, Private Patrick Curran, a Tank Corps veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who had chosen to serve his newly adopted country during a Second World War was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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