Bartholomew Joseph (Bart) FRAWLEY OBE

FRAWLEY, Bartholomew Joseph

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Squadron Leader (Chaplain 3)
Last Unit: Operational Base Units (RAAF)
Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 23 May 1904
Home Town: Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Roman Catholic Minister
Died: Natural Causes, Clontarf, Queensland, Australia, 23 January 2002, aged 97 years
Cemetery: Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
PR-NEW-09-04
Memorials: Mount Perry Shire of Perry Roll of Honour WW2
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World War 2 Service

24 Jan 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader (Chaplain 3), Operational Base Units (RAAF)
Date unknown: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Thomas FRAWLEY and Bridget FRAWLEY nee BRADY

Bartholomew Joseph Frawley was born in 1904. He was ordained a priest in 1930 and served as a chaplain during WWII. Father Frawley was sent to Scarborough in 1946 to establish a Catholic Parish. He was made a Monsignor on the occasion of his silver jubilee and remained at Scarborough until his retirement in 1983. He died in 2002.