Patrick John GORMAN

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Service Number:	1766
Enlisted:	5 January 1915, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cunnamulla, Qld, Australia, 31 August 1884
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 March 1918, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Oxford Road Cemetery, Belgium (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: IV. H. 4., Plot 4/Row H/Grave 4., Oxford Road Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaudesert War Memorial

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1766, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
5 Jan 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1766, 9th Infantry Battalion
8 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1766, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
27 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Ship: "Saxonia", 27/03/1916, from Alexandria, Egypt - to Marseilles, France; Dissembarked: 03/04/1916, Marseilles, France; (NAA, Pg-33) Service Record of Private: Patrick John GORMAN, SN 1766.
3 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1766, 9th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), Involvement: 03/04/1916, (Specifically) as per stated - Marseilles, France [Merris, France]; (NAA, Pg-33) Service Record of Private: Patrick John GORMAN, SN 1766.
4 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion, Promoted: 04/08/1917, Lance Corporal; (NAA, Pg-33) Service Record of Lance Corporal: Patrick John GORMAN, SN 1766.
4 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, Promoted (Reverted back to): Private, 04/05/1917; (NAA, Pg-33) Service Record of Private: Patrick John GORMAN, SN 1766.

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Son of John GORMAN & Mary May (nee-MAY) GORMAN.

Born: Patrick John Gorman, 31/08/1884, Cunnamulla, Qld (QLD Register, Reg No: 1884/ 1776).

Reference: Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages.