Patrick Joseph CAREY

Patrick Joseph CAREY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	34
Enlisted:	29 November 1915, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Limbri, Tamworth Municipality - New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Limbri, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

29 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 34, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 34, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 34, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
16 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 33rd Battalion to 53rd Battalion
23 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 34, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 34 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-23

Help us honour Patrick Joseph Carey's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of John Carey of Ferguson Street, Glen Innes, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Showing 1 of 1 image.
Click images to start slideshow.