REIDY, Patrick
| Service Number: | 2974 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bungaree, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bungaree, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 2 February 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Baverstock (St. Edith) Churchyard Baverstock (St Edith) Churchyard, Baverstock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2974, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2974, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted and served as Patrick Wilson
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35/36 and the son of Andrew and Mary Reidy.
Deaths Mar 1918 Wilson Patrick 35 Wilton 5a 284
Address-Stanwell Park Deviation Works, New South Wales
Age at embarkation-32
Next of kin-Friend, William McCutcheon, 30 Riley Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales
Enlisted as Patrick REIDY, 2 March 1915; discharged, 8 April 1915 (medically unfit: gonorrhoea); re-enlisted as Patrick REIDY, 1 November 1915; discharged, 8 December 1915 ('unlikely to become an efficient soldier').
Enlistment date-5 September 1916
Unit name-58th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/75/4
Embarkation details-Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
NAA: B2455, WILSON Patrick
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