SEAGE, Joseph
| Other Name: | Seage, Patrick Joseph |
|---|---|
| Service Number: | 2231 |
| Enlisted: | 14 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1872 |
| Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boiler Maker |
| Died: | Haemorrhage of the Brain as a result of bullet wound to the head sustained at Gallipoli , Australia, 16 March 1917, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2231, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2231, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2231, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Dec 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2231, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Suffered severe bullet wound to the head. |
Help us honour Joseph Seage's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He served under the alias of Joseph Seage.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Joseph SEAGE (Service Number 2231) was born on 21st March 1872 in Bathurst. After being casually employed prior to this he became a permanent employee with the Railways on 13th October 1909. He started out as a fuelman at Bathurst, but eventually ended up as a boilermaker. On 25th April 1915, he was released from duty to join the AIF. He enlisted on 14th April.
He embarked from Sydney on 14th June 1915 on HMAT A62 ‘Wandilla’. Not long after he disembarked, on 1st September 1915, he was promoted to Lance Corporal whilst in the field in Gallipoli.
Still in Gallipoli by the end of 1915, he was wounded in action on 10th December. He received a ‘severe’ gunshot wound to the head and was admitted to hospital in Alexandria four days later.
A later letter from his brother details that he was:
‘… badly wounded at the evacuation of ANZAC after spending 5 months in the trenches’.
It was found he had a hemiplegia from the wound.
He returned to Australia for discharge. He disembarked at Melbourne on 5th February 1916,
He died of these wounds on 16th March 1917. He was in the 2nd Military District, New South Wales, at the time. He was buried in Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney.
After his death, his wife was presented with his medals – the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.