SHEEHAN, John
| Service Numbers: | QX32077, QX32077 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Division Signals |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 29 November 1908 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 12 October 1969, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg Catholic Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 May 1942: | Involvement Signalman, QX32077 | |
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| 5 May 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 5 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX32077 | |
| 25 Jul 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX32077, 61st Infantry Battalion , embarked Townsville for New Guinea | |
| 25 Dec 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX32077 , 6th Division Signals, embarked Milne Bay for Townsville | |
| 27 Jan 1945: | Discharged | |
| 27 Jan 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX32077 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Second of the three brothers (Les and Jim) who served in WWII, Private John Sheehan (Service No:QX32077) enlisted in the AIF on 5 May 1942 with 29 Infantry Training Battalion (Trade Group Equipment Repairer), and served in New Guinea (25 July 1942 - 25 December 1942) with 61 Infantry Battalion. Signalman Sheehan served with Signals 6th Australian Division, and was attached to 2 Australian Returned Stores Depot at Discharge on 27 January 1945.
Pan was born in Bundaberg QLD in 1909, third of fifteen children of William Sheehan (b1877 in Brisbane, QLD) and Louisa Bertha Walk (b1885 in Bundaberg, QLD). William was a Labourer in 1905 when he and Louisa married in Bundaberg. where they settled and raised their family - moving to Barolin via Bundaberg where William was a Sugar Cane Farmer until his death in 1938. Louisa died in 1931.
Pan was a member of the Barolin Cricket Team, and in 1928 was working in Brisbane as a Reader with the Daily Standard Newspaper when he won first prize in the Golden Casket Lottery. Following his Discharge from the Army, Pan settled in Barolin via Bundaberg, where he was a Labourer/Farmer until his death in 1969.
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