HANLON, Patrick Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 31449, 31449, |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 14 Field Regiment AMF |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31449, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31449, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 15 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31449,, 14 Field Regiment AMF, Melbourne |
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Address-33 Bunbury Street, Newport, Victoria
Next of kin-Uncle, Lawrence Phelan, Cuffes Grange, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Previous military service
Served for 6 months in the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery.
Enlistment date-11 October 1916
Place of enlistment-Queenscliffe, Victoria.
Field Artillery Brigade 14, Reinforcement 9
Unit from Nominal Roll
36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
War service: Western Front
Embarked Melbourne on RMS 'Orontes', 23 December 1916; he was 21 at the time. disembarked Plymouth, England, 17 February 1917.
Admitted to Devonport Military Hospital, 17 February 1917 (slightly ill); discharged to duty, 21 February 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 22 February 1917; marched into Details Camp, Parkhouse, 24 February 1917; taken on strength of 338th Siege Battery, Stowlangtoft, a parish in Stow district, Suffolk-1 March 1917.
Proceeded to France through Folkestone, 12 July 1917; taken on strength of 54th Siege Battery, 18 July 1917.
Detached to mobile workshops, 9 July 1918; rejoined from detachment, 16 July 1918.
Admitted to 93rd Field Ambulance, 25 July 1918, and transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station (accidental laceration, toes); to Ambulance Train '35', 26 July 1918; admitted to 35th General Hospital, Calais, 26 July 1918; admitted to Australian Convalescent Depot, Havre, 15 August 1918; discharged to Australian General Base Depot, 29 August 1918; moved into the field, 3 September 1918.
Taken ill in the field, 6 September 1918; admitted to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 8 September 1918 - discharged to duty, 10 November 1918 (total period of treatment 64 days); rejoined unit from hospital, 14 November 1918; granted leave to the United Kingdom, 20 November 1918; detached to educational course, Sutton Veny, 21 March 1919. Embarked Havre and proceeded to England, 30 March 1919; disembarked Southampton and proceeded to Sutton Veny, 31 March 1919; granted leave with pay, 5 April 1919; rejoined unit, 5 July 1919.
Marched into No 2 Group, Sutton Veny, 29 July 1919.
Commenced return to Australia on HT 'Anchises', 22 August 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 8 October 1919.
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