CAVANAGH (MCMAHON), Patrick Timothy
| Service Number: | 1899 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Beaudesert, Queensland, March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Nanango, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row J, Grave 3, Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nanango War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1899, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 12 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 12 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 4th Pioneer Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" |
Enlisted under an assumed name
Patrick Timothy McMahon used this name for his war service, his real name being Patrick Timothy Cavanagh .
We do not know why he chose to use a different name. There is no photo of him anywhere we have been able to find.
Submitted 25 April 2015 by Bev Chapple
Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: Patrick Timothy CAVANAGH (used Alias Patrick Timothy MC MAHON)
Born Beaudesert, Queensland
Father Patrick Cavanagh and Mother Annie Cavanagh, lived at Nanango, Queensland
Brother:
John William Cavanagh
09/07/1916 Enlisted
Did Not Embark - Lost vision in right eye due to measles
20/09/1916 Discharged from service
Lived at Coyar, via Oakey, QLD
5356 Private Robert Cavanagh - 15th Infantry Battalion
14/01/1916 enlisted
20/04/1916 embarked Sydney, onboard HMAT SS Hawkes Bay
as a Private with 15th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
06/10/1918 Married: Wife Margaret Eliza May Cavanagh, at Camberwell, England
12/07/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Indarra
02/11/1919 discharged from service
Sister: Bridget G Bishop (nee Cavanagh)
Occupation at enlistment Station Hand
30/12/1915 Enlisted in Enoggera, QLD
12/04/1916 Embarked Sydney onboard RMS Mooltan
as a Private with 4th Australian Pioneers
18/05/1916 disembarked into Suez, Egypt
06/06/1916 embarked to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
15/06/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
14/08/1916 taken on strength 4th Pioneer Battalion, France
27/07/1917 granted leave (in the field)
07/08/1917 returned from leave
10/08/1917 sick to hospital
18/10/1917 rejoined 4th Pioneer Battalion in the field
18/09/1918 Killed in action, France
buried in: isolated grave, North - North-West of Vermand
06/10/1919 Exhumed and reburied in:
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 3
Medals: British War medal (36087), Victory medal (35808)
Memorial Scroll and Plaque (352546)
His name is commemorated on Panel 173 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
His name is commemorated on the Nanango War Memorial.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 19/03/2017. Lest we forget.
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