Fagan, Patrick Joseph

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Fagan, Patrick Joseph Service Number 1192

Killed in Action 21st December 1916 France

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NAME Fagan, Patrick Joseph

SERVICE NO 1192

UNIT 20th Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 18 yrs 5 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Bourke, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Station Hand

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 22 Mar 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Sister;- Mary Fagan, St. Carthage Convent, Brooklyn Hawkesbury River/ c/- Mrs T McIlrath 182 West St. Crow’s Nest. Older Brother;- Eugene Fagan, “Clifton” Devonshire St. Sydney

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’4½”.Weigh-127lbs. Chest-30-33”. Complexion-Light. Eyes-Blue. Hair-L Brown.

RELIGION R/C

EMBARKED Sydney 26 Jun 1915 per HMAT A35 “Berrima”.

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Extract from letter by Pte L Wright 3321, detailing his finding of “Paky” Fa-gan’s body in a trench, Christmas Day 1916.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS Posted missing 2 Feb 1917

DIED 21 Dec 1916-France

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-18573, British War Medal-15891, Victory Medal-15821. Memo-rial Plaque -

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Comforter, Belt, Cigarette Case, Brush, Jack Knife, Shaving Brush, 2 Bag Handles/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Mary Fagan./ Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Soc./ Mrs T McIlrath

Mothers Sister;- Mrs M Toohey “Beulah” Cascade St. Katoomba.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3546371





































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