MCCABE, Patrick Edward
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Jamestown, SA, 6 March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Roman Catholic Clergyman |
| Died: | Orroroo, SA, 3 July 1925, aged 40 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pekina Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Nov 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
THE LATE FR. McCABE,
PEKINA.
The Rev. P. E, McCabe, of Pekina, whose death was announced in "The Southern Cross" last week, was in his 39th year. He was born at Jamestown, where his parents lived for many years. He received his education at the Christian Brothers' College, Adelaide, and subsequently at the Propaganda College, Rome, where he was ordained for the priesthood. On his return to South Australia he was stationed at Pekina, Renmark, Port Augusta, and Port Pirie, and was extremely popular with all classes of the community. When war broke out Father McCabe was one of the first to offer his services as military chaplain, and he saw a great deal of active service in France, where he was attached to various units, including the 4th Field Artillery. He returned to Australia in July, 1918, owing to ill-health, and was an inmate of the Lewisham Hospital, Sydney, for some time as a result of his experiences at the front. He was subsequently appointed to Pekina, and, although able to attend to his duties, he had been in indifferent health for some time. His father is Mr. M. McCabe, of Knoxville, and he leaves one brother ( Mr. E. J. McCabe, Gulnare), and two sisters (Mrs. W.T. Ryan Lameroo, and Mrs. P. McMillan, Knoxville). R.I.P.
Southern Cross Friday 17 July 1925 page 13
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