MCKEE, Patrick
| Service Number: | 3438 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toogoolawah Queensland, Australia, August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Rifle Range Camp, Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-57. 55. |
| Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3438, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3438, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3438, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 10 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3438, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, GSW thigh | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3438, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3438, 42nd Infantry Battalion, 1 MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Another sad story of a Forgotten Digger of The Great War resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
81 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 23rd June 1939, Private Patrick McKee, 42nd Battalion, railway porter from Roma, Queensland and Rifle Range Camp, Adamstown, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 48. CATHOLIC 2-57. 55.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134186646
Born at Toogoolawah, Queensland 1891 to Francis and Ellenore McKee of Tribune Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, Patrick enlisted September 1916 with the 52nd Battalion at Roma, Queensland.
Wounded in action - 24.4.1918, (GSW thigh, Villers Bretonneux), 26.5.1918 (gassed), Mr McKee returned home March 1919, discharged August 1919.
Patrick’s name has been inscribed on the Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour.
Patrick’s tragic and lonely death was reported - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134186626
I placed a wooden cross at Patrick’s unmarked grave August 2019, now long forgotten, and submitted an application to Veterans’ Affairs February 2020 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, but unfortunately this was declined April 2020.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=5873#grave-photo-1
Mr McKee will receive a plaque to honour his service for God, King and Country by the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project - https://www.theheadstoneproject.org/
Lest We Forget.
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