TIERNEY, Patrick John
| Service Number: | 4131 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland, 27 August 1877 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sunset Hospital, Nedlands Perth, 27 July 1952, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4131, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4131, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle |
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Patrick John Tierney was born at Kilfenora, County Clare on 27 August 1877 the son of John Tierney, farmer from Kilfenora, and Mary Tierney nee Salmon from Knockaskeheen, County Clare. The Salmon family still live on their farm at Knockaskeheen.
Patrick, with his parents and older sister Bridget, arrived in South Australia about 1880, where several members of the Salmon family were already settled.
In 1890 when Patrick was 13 and his sister 15, their mother, Mary remarried to John James Nettle of Prospect SA and had three more children. Around the turn of the century Patrick and Bridget moved to Western Australia. Bridget married Robert Mckerrow of Kalgoorlie in 1905. Patrick worked as a labourer.
Patrick enlisted at Geraldton WA on 11 May 1916 aged 38. He gave his Next Of Kin as his mother, Mary Nettle. It appears he was not in contact with his family - he wasn't aware that his mother died on 17 December 1915 in Adelaide, five months before he enlisted.
The 32nd Battalion was active in France and Belgium in 1917.
He was discharged on 15 August 1919 and arrived back in Perth. He didn't keep in touch with his family. His sister, Bridget McKerrow placed several advertisements in the Sunday Times Perth in the 1920s seeking information on his whereabouts. His final hospital records indicate that he lived around Wongan Hills and Kellerberrin, rural areas north and east of Perth. He died in the Sunset Hospital at Nedlands Perth on 27 July 1952. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth.
His nephew, Robert Joseph McKerrow was Mentioned In Dispatches for distinguished and gallant service in Burma during WW2.
Patrick wasn't a hero; he wasn't distinguished; he was just a private; he didn't marry so doesn't have any descendants to honour and remember him. There are no letters, or oral histories or any diaries. He was just an ordinary man who did his bit and whose memory shouldn't fall between the cracks.