MINORGAN, Edward Patrick
| Service Number: | 3242 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1916, Edward enlisted and served as Patrick Minorgan. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia. Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Natural causes , West Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 5 June 1948 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican Section WE 0399 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1916: | Enlisted Australian Defence Forces (ADF)_Australian Regular Army, Private, 3242, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Edward enlisted and served as Patrick Minorgan. | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3242, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3242, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded Australian Defence Forces (ADF)_Australian Regular Army, Private, 3242, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Edward suffered a wound to the right hand and subsequently repatriated to Liverpool, England for hospital treatment where he had his fore finger and thumb amputated from his hand. |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1918: | Discharged Australian Defence Forces (ADF)_Australian Regular Army, Private, 3242, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), In early 1918 Edward was deemed unfit for active service due to his injury sustained at the front in France and was repatriated back to Australia leaving Southampton on 5 April on HMAT A30. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Oates
Edward Patrick Minorgan ( known as Patrick) was the youngest son of Irishman Colour Sergeant Thomas Minorgan, a Crimea war veteran, who came out to Western Australia in 1874 and served in the colony as a Enrolled Pensioner Guard. Edward was born in Perth while his family were resident in the Perth Barracks and was raised in Perth and Fremantle where his father was stationed. Edward's father was granted land in John Street, West Perth which was where the Minorgan Family finally settled.
The 1916 Electoral Roll has Edward enrolled for the subdivision of Toodyay and residing at Waddouring in the Mt Marshall shire in Western Australian's eastern wheatbelt north of the town of Trayning. Edward's occupation is listed as a contractor.
Edward Patrick Minorgan served in WW1 under the name of Patrick Minorgan enlisting on 13 September 1916 with the 51st Australian Infantry Battalion as a private. At discharge Edward was awarded the following medals, 1914/15 Star, The British Service Medal and the Victory Medal. Edward's service records reveals that he had a checkered time in the AIF.
Minorgan also went by the name of Patrick Edward Minorgan and some records have his spouse as Margaret Kathleen Curtis.
After the war Edward returned to his occupation as a contractor/miner working in the north easter wheatbelt area.
Edward had a checkered career running foul of the law on a few occasions.
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