MACKIE, Patrick
| Service Numbers: | VX28023, VX28023, |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Regiment |
| Born: | West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 8 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Welder |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1994, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX28023, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
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| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX28023, 2nd/11th Field Regiment, embarked Sydney for Middle East | |
| 19 Apr 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX28023, 2nd/11th Field Regiment, embarked Middle East for Adelaide on board the Dorset | |
| 2 Jan 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX28023, 2nd/11th Field Regiment, embarked Townsville for Lae on board the Tarooma | |
| 24 Mar 1945: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
| 10 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX28023,, 2nd/11th Field Regiment, embarked Lae for Sydney via Torokina on board George Peate | |
| 26 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX28023, 2nd/11th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Patrick Mackie (Service No:VX28023) enlisted in the AIF on 18 June 1940 as a Private and served with 2/11th Field Regiment in the Middle East (10 April 1941 - 19 April 1942) and New Guinea/Bougainville (2 January 1945 - 10 October 1945). Promoted to Corporal in March 1945, he was attached to 2/11 Field Regiment at Discharge on 26 October 1945.
Paddy was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1920, seventh of nine children of Thomas Lawrence Mackie (b1873 in Murchison, Victoria) and Margaret Lillian Madigan (b1883 in Melbourne, Victoria. Thomas was a Labourer in Echuca and Margaret a Presser in Melbourne when they married in 1908. Thomas and Margaret lived in Echuca where Thomas was a Farmer until 1914 when they moved to Melbourne where Thomas worked as a Labourer and Railway Employee.
Paddy was a Welder in Melbourne when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge he returned to Melbourne where he worked as a Labourer and Boilermaker. Paddy died in 1994.
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