CURRAN, Patrick
| Service Number: | 9854 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1916, Sydney New South Wales Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | 1 May 1887, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rigger (prior to enlistment) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney New South Wales Australia | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sapper, 9854, 9th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 5 embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 9854, 9th Field Company Engineers | |
| 21 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 9854, 11th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 11 Aug 1923: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Born at: Waterford, Ireland
Description
Sailor; 28years 2mths old (at enlistment 1915); 5’ 9 ¼” tall; 178lbs; medium complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Roman Catholic. Tattoos – ship sailor and woman on chest, and various figures on both arms and wrists. Scar on his right shin.
Father: Mr John Curran and Mrs Ellen Curran, Clare, South Australia.
Next of kin: Sister – Mary Curran, 5 Selly Park, Waterford, Ireland (she later married and became Mrs Mary Monahan, 17 Clashua Place, Waterford, Ireland).
Next of kin in service:
Bartholomew Joseph Curran, service #5003, in the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company (he died at 38yrs old, 22/2/1917, of pneumonia in the field and is honoured in the Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension in France).
Prior service: 3 years Irish Guards; 9 years Reserves
Patrick enlisted twice:
Enlisted: 21/7/1915
Enlisted at: Melbourne, Victoria
31/7 – 26/11/1915 D Company Battalion
27/11 – 15/12/1915 Ascot Vale
15/12/1915 Deserter - struck off
Reenlisted: 19/4/1916
Enlisted at: Rosebery Park, SYDNEY NSW
Rank: Sapper
Unit: 9th Field Company Engineers
1 July 1916 Disembarked from Australia into England
22/11/1916 Proceeded o/s to France
1917 – mid 1919 Patrick spent a lot of time in and out of trouble – when on active leave, overstaying his leave.
He was held at Hospital on a few occasions due to injury of his right ankle in action.
1918 Majority of time he was marching in and out of the field
21/3/1919 Attached to 11th Field Company
12/6/1919 Return to Australia on 'H T Thermistocles'.
10/8/1919 Disembarked
11/8/1923 Discharged from service (Sydney)
Medals: WWI Star 1914-15; British War medal (48921); Victory medal (47718).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 17 June 2014. Lest we forget.