MCEWEN, Patrick Joseph Clifford
| Service Number: | QX24894 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1942, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Hughenden, Queensland, 25 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 24 April 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot S.A.9. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX24894 | |
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| 1 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Private, QX24894, Townsville, Queensland |
Missing, believed killed.
Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld.: 1874 - 1954), Friday 7 May 1943, page 2
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PERSONAL,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McEwen of Hackett Terrace, have been advised by the Minister for the Army (Mr. F.M. Forde) that their son, Pte. Patrick Joseph Clifford McEwen (QX24894) is missing, believed killed, on April 24 1943.
Private Patrick Joseph Clifford McEwen is the son of William John Allan McEwen & Mary Cecilia McEwen nee Clifford of Charters Towers. He was born on 25th October 1917 in Hughenden, North Queensland. He enlisted in the A.I.F. Australian Infantry
1st January 1942 in Townsville, Queensland. He was posted to 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion.
He was killed in New Guinea on 24th April 1943, aged 25. He is buried in Lae War Cemetery & Memorial, Plot S.A.9. Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea.
Submitted 5 July 2016 by Jude Spalding
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McEwen of Hackett Terrace, have been advised by the Minister for the Army (Mr. F.M. Forde) that their son, Pte. Patrick Joseph Clifford McEwen (QX24894) is missing, believed killed, on April 24 1943." - from the Northern Miner 07 May 1943 (nla.gov.au)
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