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STARR, Patrick Daniel Sarsfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX46 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Training Brigade (Jungle Warfare) |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia , 20 March 1910 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk State Savings Bank of Victoria |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1981, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Buried Family Plot. Roman Catholic Section |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 13 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX46, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Enlisted in the AIF at South Melbourne Victoria from Militia and appointed Captain with the 2nd/5th Battalion at Puckapunyal Victoria | |
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| 13 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX46 | |
| 20 Sep 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jan 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX46, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Libya/North Africa | |
| 22 Feb 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX46, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Siege of Tobruk | |
| 20 Apr 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX46, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 | |
| 4 Jul 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX46, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Battle of Crete, As part of 17th Brigade Composite Battalion Battle of Crete | |
| 14 Jan 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Promoted on Command of the Battalion in the Field Syria | |
| 24 Mar 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX46, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Defence of Ceylon till 24th July 1942 | |
| 14 May 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Transferred from CO 2/5 Bn and appointed to Command the 58/59th Battalion in the field Brisbane | |
| 3 Mar 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, General List , Transferred to General List ex 58/59th Battalion service in the New Guinea Campaign | |
| 1 Aug 1944: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX46, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Contracted Malaria New Guinea admitted to 112th AGH 2nd Echelon Australia for treatment ( placed on General List) | |
| 1 Jan 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, Australian Training Brigade (Jungle Warfare), Posted as Commanding Officer 3rd Australian ReinforcementTraining Battalion ( Jungle Warfare) Canungra Queensland | |
| 6 Sep 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX46 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Serving in the Militia prior to the war & Clerk of the State Savings Bank Williamstown, he was a well known member of the Williamstown Atheltics Club; Patrick and his family resided at Cecil Street Williamstown in 1939, then Russell Place Williamstown in 1944.
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