PATRICK, James
| Service Number: | 1432 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, 4 years 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Lambton,New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | St James Road, New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1972, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-94. 151. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1432, 35th Infantry Battalion, 4 years 16th Infantry | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1432, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1432, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1432, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , GSW right arm | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1432, 35th Infantry Battalion, Temporary Sergeant 25/1/1919 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
49 years ago today, on the 14th November 1972, Temporary Sergeant James Patrick, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1432), blacksmith from St James Road, New Lambton, New South Wales, father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 77. CATHOLIC 3-94. 151.
Born at New Lambton, New South Wales on the 22nd December 1894 to William and Mary Patrick; husband of Eileen Muriel Patrick nee Sketchley (married 24.7.1926, Lambton, N.S.W., died 1968, sleeping here), James enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Best mate of George Lesby Brown (35th Battalion, Reg No-721, of St James Road, New Lambton, N.S.W.) also resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 3-83. 16.
Wounded in action - 18.10.1917 (GSW right arm).
Admitted to hospital 26.8.1918 (diarrhea).
James returned home August 1919, being discharged on the 9th October 1919.
Mr. Patrick’s name has been inscribed on the New Lambton War Memorial Gates (photos, unveiled on the 11th November 1916, 93 names originally inscribed, 114 names now inscribed, 19 Fallen, and who placed the poppies?), New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour, Lambton/New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor and the New Lambton Order of Rechabites, Evening Star Tent, No-71 Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at the refurbished Patrick gravesite (wonderful to see!) in remembrance of James’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Many thanks to Mr. Patrick's Granddaughter Denise Sweeney for the portrait photo of James and family history.
James's father William was responsible for the handicraft of the New Lambton War Memorial Gates.
The same year he married he built his own home in St James Road New Lambton, the same street as his parents, where he lived and raised two sons until his death in 1972.
Lest We Forget.
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