FAHEY, Patrick William
| Service Number: | 3060 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3060, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3060, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3060, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3060 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Patrick William FAHEY, (Service Number 3060), born in Melbourne in 1893, joined the Tramways in Sydney as a cleaner in June 1914. In September 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
On 20 July 1916 he was killed in action in the Battle of Fromelles and buried by the Germans in a mass grave behind Pheasant Wood. In 2009 his remains were among others recovered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and re-interred in the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, where he is remembered with honour.
Submitted 29 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Patrick William FAHEY (Service Number 3060) was born in Melbourne in 1893. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a cleaner in June 1914. In September 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
He was sent first to Egypt where he joined the 55th Battalion in February 1916. He spent a couple of days sick in May but re-joined his unit in time to go on to France with them. He landed at Marseilles in June.
On 20th July 1916 he was killed in action in the Battle of Fromelles. He was buried by the Germans in a mass grave behind Pheasant Wood. In 2009 his remains were among others recovered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and re-interred in the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, where he is remembered with honour.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board