DOLAN, Patrick
| Service Number: | 359 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914, Later served with the Provost Corps. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bulla, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill hand |
| Died: | 22 April 1979, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Colac Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 359, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Later served with the Provost Corps. | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 359, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 359, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 359, 8th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Patrick DOLAN wa born at Bulla, Victoria in 1894 and was living in the Colac area when he enlisted in the AIF.
He was working as a Millhand in the Otway's timber industry.
His NOK was his Father, Bernard Dolan who lived at Gellibrand, Victoria but later at Queens Street Colac.
Patrick enlisted, in Colac on 12/9/1914 and left Australia on 25/2/1915 aboard the HMAT Star of Victoria as part of the 8th Light Horse. He served with this unit on Gallipoli and was wounded on 6/5/1915 and evacuated. He returned to Gallipoli on 8/8/1915 and was there until the evacuation.
He transferred to the Provost Corps, was appointed Corporal and served with them till the end of the war.
He returned to Australia on 7/8/1919 and was discharged on 6/10/1919.
In 1967 he was living at 20 Fyans Street Colac.
Patrick died on 22/5/1979.
He is remembered on the Colac and Sunbury War Memorials.