CASHMAN, William Patrick
| Service Number: | Chaplain |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Modeligo, Waterford, Ireland, 10 March 1876 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mt. Melleray Seminary and All Hallow's College, Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | RC Priest |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, 17 December 1942, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane PR-OLD-02-03 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
Rev. Father W. P. Cashman.
A little while since the Rev. Father W. P.Cashman, who had been curate at St. Mary's Church, Ipswich, Q., for some years, was promoted to the charge of the parish of Charleville. Owing to the shortness of his notice of transfer, there was not sufficient time for the Ipswich parishioners to assemble and express their feelings towards him before his departure. Immediately after he left that city a meeting was hold, and a committee appointed, with the result that Father Cashman was recently presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns containing £113. The parishioners were desirous of meeting him at Ipswich in order to personally express their feelings towards him; but owing to the great distance from Ipswich of his now sphere of labour, and tho groat loss of time,,- which would have been involved, he was unable to undertake the journey, and the presentation was forwarded him. The address was signed on behalf of the parishioners, by Messrs. J. F.Grilmorc, J. J. Egan, and M. P. Ponder (the chairman, treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the committee).
The Catholic Press Thursday 11 August 1910 page 23
Submitted 8 April 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
The Very Rev. Dean William Patrick Cashman, P.P., St. Mary's, South Brisbane, died this month in the Mater Misrecordiae Private Hospital after a brief illness. A native of County Waterford, Ireland, the late Dean Cashman was educated at Mt. Melleray Seminary and All Hallows' College, Dublin, being ordained in 1899. After visiting Vienna, Fr. Cashman came to Australia, and was appointed to Toowoomba, afterwards to Ipswich and Charleville, from which parish he was absent during the two years of his A.I.F. chaplaincy. After a period in Toowoomba, Dean Cashman was transferred, 12 years ago, to St. Mary's, South Brisbane, where a large congregation attended the Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul. The Archbishop of Brisbane, Most Rev. James Duhig, D.D. presided, and paid eloquent tribute to the priestly character of the late pastor.
Advocate Melbourne, Thursday 31 December 1942 page 6
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Rev. Father W. P. Cashman.
A little while since the Rev. Father W. P.Cashman, who had been curate at St. Mary's Church, Ipswich, Q., for some years, was promoted to the charge of the parish of Charleville. Owing to the shortness of his notice of transfer, there was not sufficient time for the Ipswich parishioners to assemble and express their feelings towards him before his departure. Immediately after he left that city a meeting was hold, and a committee appointed, with the result that Father Cashman was recently presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns containing £113. The parishioners were desirous of meeting him at Ipswich in order to personally express their feelings towards him; but owing to the great distance from Ipswich of his now sphere of labour, and tho groat loss of time,,- which would have been involved, he was unable to undertake the journey, and the presentation was forwarded him. The address was signed on behalf of the parishioners, by Messrs. J. F.Grilmorc, J. J. Egan, and M. P. Ponder (the chairman, treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the committee).
The Catholic Press Thursday 11 August 1910 page 23
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