HENRY, Patrick Hugh
| Service Number: | 2423 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 April 1916, Enlisted at Parkes. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Newbridge, Blayney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fettler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2423, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Parkes. | |
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| 14 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2423, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2423, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2423, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2423 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Patrick Hugh HENRY (Service Number 2423) was born on 8th October 1893 at Blayney NSW.. He commenced working for the NSW Government Railways in the Per-Way Branch as a junior labourer in the Western Division on 6th June 1912. In April 1915 his role was as a fettler between Nyngan and Bourke, and in July between Orange and Parkes. He was given leave to join the Expeditionary Forces in April 1916.
He enlisted at Parkes on 8th April, giving his father as his next of kin, his calling as railway fettler and apprentice blacksmith.
He left Australia from Sydney on 19th September 1916 aboard HMAT ‘Mashobra’ and reached Plymouth on 2nd November. Six weeks later he went to France and joined the 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion on Christmas Eve. In January 1917 he was sent for duty as Flesselles. In June he went to the Brigade Lewis Gun School.
In September 1917 he was promoted to Lance Corporal.
Only three weeks later he was killed in action. He has no known grave, he is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Flanders.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.