PUNCH, Patrick Francis
| Service Number: | 2725 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 8 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1939, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-59. 53 |
| Memorials: | Maitland Horseshoe Bend Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2725, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2725, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2725, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2725, 30th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW right forearm | |
| 27 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2725, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
“I Once was Lost, but Now am Found”.
On the 28th December 1939, Private Patrick Francis Punch, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2725), Water & Sewerage Board Employee from Hunter Street, Horseshoe Bend, New South Wales and Wickham, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49. CATHOLIC 2-59. 53.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 8th December 1890 to James Joseph and Mary Punch, Paddy enlisted August 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 9.12.1916 (trench feet), and wounded in action - 24.4.1918 (GSW right forearm, severe, invalided to UK), Paddy returned home May 1919.
His name has been inscribed on the Horseshoe Bend Roll of Honour and the Maitland and District Roll of Honor.
For 77 years Mr Punch had been resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite to honour his service for God, King and Country.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted January 2020, and was accepted February 2020.
Completed November 2020. Honour and dignity restored.
Many thanks to Phil Winney and Jerry Williams and fellow members of Merewether - Hamilton - Adamstown sub-Branch for the purchase of death certificate.
The dead are only ever truly forgotten when they are spoken of no more.
Lest We Forget.
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