Patrick Leo SHEEHAN

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Service Number:	QX20875
Enlisted:	3 April 1941, Killarney, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Killarney, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, 16 February 1913
Home Town:	Tannymorel, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 9 November 1942, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A memorial with family grave - Parents: William James Sheehan, & Grace Cordelia (nee Clift) Sheehan, at Killarney Cemetery. Roll of Honour: Tannymorel, Southern Downs Region, Queensland
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tannymorel & District Honour Roll, Tannymorel War Memorial, Warwick War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX20875
3 Apr 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX20875, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
3 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX20875, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Killarney, QLD, Australia

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Son of William James SHEEHAN & Grace Cordelia (nee CLIFT) SHEEHAN.

Next of Kin - Wife: Thelma (nee GRAY) SHEEHAN, of Norman Park, Brisbane City, Queensland.