Patrick O'HOULIHAN

O'HOULIHAN, Patrick

    Service Number: 1256
    Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Field Ambulance
    Born: Tipperary, Ireland, 1892
    Home Town: Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Wounds, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 18 September 1917
    Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
    Plot X1X, Row D, Grave 15A
    Memorials: Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1256, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    14 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1256, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    14 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1256, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Fremantle
    26 Oct 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Ambulance, From 2ns Australian Stationary Hospital
    11 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Field Ambulance, From 4th Field Ambulance
    18 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1256, 1st Field Ambulance, Shell wounds to the thigh and head

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin was given as his brother T O'Houlihan, Traffic Department, Railways, Te Knite, NZ. Later changed to his wife Ruby O'Houlihan nee Delmar of Exmoor House, Saville Street, London, England. Patrick and Ruby married during July 1917 in the Registry Office, West End, London, England

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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