MCCORMICK, Patrick
| Service Number: | 336 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Galway, Ireland, 1873 |
| Home Town: | St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 336, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 336, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 24 May 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 336, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500, notes slightly wounded between Bethel and Standerton 24 May 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 336, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1 during which he was wounded and died of his wounds, Private S.N. 2014, 15th Infantry Battalion, AIF.
When Patrick McCormick enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother J. McCormick, Nashua P.O., USA.
He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Form, dated 8 Feb 1915, he noted that; he was born at Galway, Ireland and was 41 years 10 months of age; he was single and working as a Station Hand; his N.O.K. were his brothers, Mark, Martin and John McCormick, Boston, USA; and that he had previously served in South Africa with the QIB.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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