MCELHENNEY, Patrick
| Service Number: | 5898 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stanley, Victoria, Australia, September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Marble Bar, East Pilbara, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Stanley State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Otitis Media, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, France, 11 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave No. 194 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll, Beechworth War Memorial, Marble Bar War Memorial, Port Hedland Pilbarra Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5898, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5898, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5898, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle |
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Died on this date - 11th February........I thought previous posts I had made were bad days but today is worse - 6 WW1 Australian Soldiers died in England on this date in 1917....
Private Patrick McElhenney was born in 1873 at Stanley, Victoria & enlisted in the A.I.F. on 25th May, 1916 as a 42 year old Miner from Bamboo Creek, Marble Bar, Western Australia.
Private McElhenney arrived in England on HMAT Port Melbourne (A16) on 28th December, 1916 with the 16th Reinforcements of 27th Battalion. He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital on 13th January, 1917 with Influenza & was later reported to have Bronchitis (severe). He died at 12.55 a.m. on 11th February, 1917 from Otitis Media.
ALL SIX AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS were buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where there are a total of 141 Australian WW Soldiers.
Privates Hinchcliffe, Ley & Wheatley were buried in 15th February, 1917 & Privates Lane, McElhenney & Pantlin were buried on 16th February. His full storys can be found here....
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/k---mc.html
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