Patrick FEEHAN

FEEHAN, Patrick

    Service Numbers: 367, 4289
    Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, 1894
    Home Town: Woolloomooloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave At the time of death he was serving under the alias of John Finn, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 367, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 367, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 367, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    11 Mar 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 367, Discharged for disciplinary reason at Melbourne. Service Report stated:- A habitual offender and perfectly incorrigible, worthless and inefficient and never likely to make a soldier. At the time he was awaiting Court Martial for being AWOL
    15 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4289, Re-enlisted under the alias of John Finn

    World War 2 Service

    20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4289, Embarked for the second time at Sydney on board HMAT Aenaes

    World War 1 Service

    15 May 1917: Involvement Corporal, 4289, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4289 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-15

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of Kin given as Mrs. Mansfield of Duke Street, Woolloomooloo, NSW

    3 February 1915 - returned to Australia on Kyana for discharge

    Not eligible for medals.

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Also served under the alias of John Finn service number 4289 with the 54th Battalion having re-enlisted on 15 October 1915 having previously returned to Australia for discharge due to misconduct

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