Patrick LEAHY

LEAHY, Patrick

Service Number: 3172
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kilkenny Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Goomalling, Goomalling, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm labourer.
Died: Perth, Western Australia , 6 June 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3172, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3172, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Place of birth-according to his attestation record: Kilkenny Ireland.

Address-according to AIF Project:
Goomalling, Western Australia
 
Next of kin-Father, Timothy Leahy, Johnstown, Kilkenny, Ireland.

Enlistment date-7th or 9th August 1915-Private
28th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
 
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 18 January 1916-he was then aged 34 according to the AIF Project. The date of birth of 1876 is therefore in doubt.
 
Returned to Australia 10 April 1917
 

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