NEWMAN, John Patrick
| Service Number: | 1899 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, 7 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), Mackay, Queensland, 26 June 1937, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1899, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 22 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boonah, Sydney | |
| 21 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 15 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1899, 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'FALL OF COAL. Northern Miner's Death. ROCKHAMPTON, June 28.
Patrick John Newman, a miner, died In the Mackay Hospital on Saturday, as the result of a fall of coal in the Styx State coal mine on Thursday. Newman and another man, Thomas Baird, were working 800ft. underground when about two tons of lump coal became dislodged. Some of it fell on Newman. Baird cleared the coal away, and Newman was carried to the surface, where he was found to be suffering from a fracture of the spine. Newman, who was married, and had five children, was placed on the Townsvlle train and taken to Mackay, where he died. This is the first fatality at the Styx mine since it was opened 14 years ago.' from Queensland Times 29 Jun 1937 (nla.gov.au)
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