Michael Joseph FLANNERY

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FLANNERY, Michael Joseph

Service Number:	QP167
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1887
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Army Drill Instructor
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1968, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
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World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements
2 Mar 1918:	Involvement 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Mar 1918:	Embarked 41st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney
3 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, QP167, 41st Infantry Battalion, Embarked England per Leicestershire for Melbourne, Victoria
19 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, QP167, 41st Infantry Battalion, Returned to service with Australian Instructional Corps –SN 9933

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

A gold miner from the age of 16 in Cooktown, Queensland, Michael was the eldest of eight children of Patrick Flannery (born 1854 in Ireland) and Elizabeth Mary McCarthy (born 1865 in Ireland). Patrick and Elizabeth married in Cooktown, QLD in 1886 where they raised their family.

Between 1904 and 1911, Michael lived in Cooktown, QLD working as a Gold Miner and serving with 1 Battalion Kennedy Infantry Regiment (Service Nos: 31/222) as a Private through to Colour Sergeant. In February 1912 Michael was attending the 3rd Special School of Instruction in Albury, NSW when he was seconded to the Military Forces of the Commonwealth Australian Instructional Corps. He served as a Staff Sergeant Major and Warrant Officer (Service No: QP 167) - Instructional Staff (Bombing and Trench Warfare). He married Ivy Myrtle Drew (born 1895 in Mt Morgan, QLD) in 1915 in Brisbane, QLD and continued service with the Australian Instructional Corps.

From January 1918 to July 1919, Michael served with the AIF as a Lieutenant (Service No: QP167) with 41 Battalion in Suez, France and Belgium. This appointment was terminated in 1919, and Michael re-enlisted with the Permanent Military Force Australian Instructional Corps (Service No: 9933) as a Warrant Officer (14 November 1919), 11th (Mixed) Brigade (1 March 1923), Small Arms School (1 July 1924) and as Temporary Adjutant Quartermaster with 56 Battalion (1 October 1936).

Michael, then an Hon Captain, was on leave on 3 April 1941 when he was recalled for active service with the AMF. In 1942 he was promoted to Major, and attached to Officers' Training School, Bonegilla. Michael's service terminated on 30 November 1947.

Michael and Ivy remained in Maroubra, Sydney in NSW, where Michael died in 1968 and Ivy in 1976.

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