Patrick Anselm MAKEHAM

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MAKEHAM, Patrick Anselm

Service Number:	6063
Enlisted:	17 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Welshpool, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Killed in action, France, 3 December 1916
Cemetery:	Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers Special Memorial 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Foster State School No 1172 Great War Roll of Honor, Korumburra War Memorial, Welshpool & District Primary School Memorial Trees

World War 1 Service

17 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6063, 14th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6063, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6063, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Patrick Anselm Makeham was one of five brothers from Korumburra, Victoria, to serve in the AIF. Their father had passed away 10 years before the war and their widowed mother seemed to own or manage the Korumburra Hotel.

Patrick’s brother Samuel Makeham served with the 8th Light Horse Regiment and was wounded in June 1915. His lower leg was badly damaged and he was returned to Australia shortly after.

1859 Sergeant Alick Francis Makeham served with the 5th Division Signal Company. He was mentioned in despatches during 1918 and was also badly gassed before he returned home in 1919.

5739 Private John William Makeham served with the 16th Battalion and was badly wounded in August 1917, a compound fracture of the tibia, and he was sent home as incapacitated shortly after.

The youngest of the five brothers, Robert Leo Makeham, enlisted as a private in the 29th Battalion and rose to the rank of Lieutenant with the 8th Machine Gun Company, before returning to Australia during 1919.

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