FLANAGAN, Patrick Joseph
| Service Number: | 244 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Lota, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1953, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Plot: LAWN-2-120 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 244 | |
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| 16 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 37, notes promoted to Sergeant 16 Mar 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 244, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 13 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 244, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 37, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 6 Mar 1902, discharged 13 Mar 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Company Sergeant Major S.N. 96, 49th (late 9th) Infantry Battalion AIF.
When Patrick Joseph Flanagan enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Miss Flanagan, Post Office, Dalby. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 37, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his sister Miss M. (May) Flanagan, P.O., Dalby. His brother, John Joseph Flanagan, also served in the South African (Boer) War, S.N. 839, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Patrick Joseph Flanagan was born on 9 Oct 1880 at Dalby, a son to Patrick Flanagan and Bridget Flanagan (nee Looney). He married Mary Patricia Ryan on 25 Oct 1916 in Queensland.
When he enlisted in 1914 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Paper dated 23 Aug 1914 that; he was born at Dalby and was 33 years 6 months old; He was a Clerk and his N.O.K. was his brother John Joseph Flanagan, Prince of Wales Hotel, Brisbane; and he had previously served in the Boer War in the 6th QIB.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 37; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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