COOGAN, Patrick
| Service Number: | 31006 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31006, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31006, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Sydney |
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Next of kin-Mother, Mrs A Coogan, GPO Warwick, Warwick, Queensland
Enlistment date-24 May 1916
Place of enlistment-Brisbane, Queensland
Field Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcement 23
Unit from Nominal Roll-1st Field Artillery Brigade.
War service: Western Front.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on 19 December 1916- Age at embarkation-22. Disembarked Plymouth, England.
Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 8 May 1917 (nasal obstruction); discharged to No. 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 21 August 1917. Admitted to Brigade Hospital, Perham Downs, 24 August 1917 (influenza); date of discharge not recorded.
Proceeded overseas to France, 18 September 1917; taken on strength, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Belgium, 24 September 1917. Transferred to 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 17 October 1917.
Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 2 February 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin), and transferred to Divisional Rest Station, same day; discharged to duty, 13 February 1918; rejoined unit, same day. On leave to United Kingdom, 14 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 5 September 1918.
Wounded in action, 3 October 1918 (gassed), and admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 4 October 1918; to England, 6 October 1918, and admitted to 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, 7 October 1918; to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 20 November 1918. Discharged, 4 December 1918, and granted furlough to report to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 18 December 1918.
Commenced return to Australia on board 'City of York', 14 January 1919.
Arrived Melbourne, 27 February 1919.
Discharged 30 May 1919.
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