Thomas Patrick (Tom) HANRAHAN

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HANRAHAN, Thomas Patrick

Service Number:	3080
Enlisted:	6 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barfold, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Elmore, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 16 October 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rochester Civil Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

6 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3080, 39th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3080, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3080, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3080, 39th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Remained at duty (no other details).
31 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3080, 39th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW (right arm)
14 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3080, 39th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Bernard Mees

"Made in the wrong mould for killing" according to his step-mother Nellie, Tom Hanrahan enlisted in 1916 with the intention to be a stretcher-bearer. An unassuming type, he purposefully got off the train at the wrong station upon his return from the war. He married Clara Kairn in 1922, had four children and remained a wheat farmer in the Rochester district until his death in 1956. Brother-in-law of 3490 Pte. Daniel Reginald KELLY (/explore/people/125649), Hanrahan Road in Nanneella is named after his father.

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