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FAGAN, Patrick Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1192 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bourke & District War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1192, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1192, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1192, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin was his sister Mary Fagan of the St Catharge's Convent, Brookland, Hawesbury, NSW; brother of Eugene Fagan
Patrick's parents had died when he was young and he was raised as a ward, guardians name is unknown
Private L Wright located Patrick's body while learing out a sap that led to the front line and removed personal article from the body and reburied Patrick as best as he could and gave the personal items to the company Chaplain
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal