O'CONNELL, Patrick
| Service Number: | 5593 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, February 1973 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinery inspector |
| Died: | Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-159. 59. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5593, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5593, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5593, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 10 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5593, 5th Motor Transport Company, Discharged medically unfit (nephritis and macular choroiditis, right and left eye) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 5593, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 5593, Tunnelling Companies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 10th October 1941, Private Patrick O’Connell, 5th Australian Motor Transport Company (Reg No-5593), machinery inspector from Maitland Road, Minmi, New South Wales and Greta, N.S.W., father of three (Albert Thomas, Leslie R, Stanley Wilford), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. ANGLICAN 3-159. 59.
Born at Redfern, New South Wales on the ? ? 1874 to Thomas; husband of Henrietta O'Connell nee Jackson (married 1899, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 4.11.1954, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 80, sleeping here), Patrick enlisted on the 1st May 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies - September 1916 to February 1918 Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 25th October 1916.
Admitted to hospital 15.8.1917 (scabies, dermatitis, defective vision), 21.6.1918 (vitreous opacities), 8.7.1918 (choroiditis).
Invalided to England 8.7.1918.
Patrick returned home on the 26th November 1918, being discharged medically unfit (nephritis and macular choroiditis, right and left eye) on the 10th February 1919.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Patrick’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 8/10/1941.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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