Thomas Patrick FLAHERTY

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FLAHERTY, Thomas Patrick

Service Number:	1330
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW Was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal but was later reduced back to the rank of Private for disobeying an order
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peake Hill, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Warren, Warren Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Convent School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Linesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915
Cemetery:	4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row A, Grave 5 Rev. W. McKenzie officiaed Headstone inscription reads: Greater love has no man than he lay down his life for his friend, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warren War Memorial

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1330, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW Was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal but was later reduced back to the rank of Private for disobeying an order
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1330, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1330, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Patrick Stephen Flaherty and Elsie Beatrice Flaherty of Dubbo Street, Warren, NSW. Elsie later remarried and was known as Elise de Carle

Brother of William Flaherty who was killed in action on 9 August 1918 while serving with the 3rd Battalion. William was buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Plot X1X, Row F, Grave 2

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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