LEEHY, Patrick
| Service Number: | 4241 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Listowel, Kerry, Ireland, 1863 |
| Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4241, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4241, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4241, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Husband of Mary Jane Leehy, of Montana, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Leehy was born at Listowel, Ireland. He gave his age on enlistment as 44 years 4 months, but his wife stated on his roll of honour form that he was 53 years of age when he died at Pozieres. Irish birth records indicate he may have been 55 years of age. He came to Western Australia when he was about 28 years of age.
Leehy was listed as ‘missing in action’ 25 July 1916 and later changed to ‘killed in action’ after a Court of enquiry held on during June 1917. His wife Mary Jane received a pension of 40 shillings per fortnight. All he had in his personal effects when he was killed was a hymn book and a brush.
His wife, Mary Jane, also had a son killed in action during 1917, a son from a previous marriage, 1010 Sergeant George Faber Kennedy 28th Battalion AIF.