HEALY, Patrick
| Service Numbers: | 210, 1560 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1901, Returned to South Africa to fight again. He enlisted in Steinacker's Horse while in Pietermaritsburge. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Monbulk, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1879 |
| Home Town: | Monbulk, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | South Africa, 9 August 1958, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 210 | |
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| 1 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 210, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Departed from Port Melbourne on SS "Victoria". Then disembarked at Beira in what was Portuguese East Africa. Entrained for what was then Rhodesia. Then served with 4VIB in South Africa. | |
| 31 Jul 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 210, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, R.T.A. from East London on the "Orient" 22 June 1901. Disembarked at Port Melbourne on 12 July 1901. | |
| 1 Nov 1901: | Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), 1560, Returned to South Africa to fight again. He enlisted in Steinacker's Horse while in Pietermaritsburge. | |
| 3 Jan 1903: | Transferred British Forces (All Conflicts), Unspecified British Units, Transferred from Steinacker's Horse to join the South African Constabulary. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Patrick Healy was named after his father. Patrick was the son of Patrick Healy and Kate Webb of Monbulk in Victoria.
Patrick was a bushman who enlisted in the Victorian Imperial Bushmen. He went back to South Africa after his repatriation when his 4VIB service was complete.
Patrick then enlisted in Steinacker's Horse, while in Pietermaritzburg. His mounted 4VIB experience was still very valuable to the British. Hence he joined a British Horse Unit to fight again. Patrick continued serving briefly in that British Horse Unit, post war.
However in 1903, he transferred to the South African Constabulary.
His family claims that he was married six times to local women. Hence he had many children. Patrick was once a body guard to the King of Swaziland. He later became a big game hunter. Patrick had lived out an adventurous life before his death finally came in 1958.
Patrick's Boer War Medal Entilement: QSA and KSA.
Bio sketch reference: "That Ragged Mob" pages 593 - 594.
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