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Personal Information
Date of Birth 14 Jul 1896
Place of Birth Gympie, Queensland
Death 25 May 1951
Place of Death Wubin, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 27 years old (was actually 20)
Description 5'7" (1.70m) tall; weight 124 lbs (56.2kg); bronze black complexion, grey eyes, black hair.
Occupation Horse driver
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Next of Kin Mother, Mrs Ann Martin, Cunderdin, Western Australia
Military Information
Reg Number 331
Date of Enlistment 10 Feb 1916
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 44th Battalion, B Company transferred to 28th Battalion / 7th Brigade, 2nd Division
Date of Embarkation 6 Jun 1916 - 21 Jul 1916
Ship Embarked On HMAT A29 Suevic
Date of Return 21 Jul 1917 - 11 Sep 1917
Ship Returned On HMAT A14 Euripides
Fate Wounded in Action 3-6 Nov 1916, Gueudecourt
Returned to Australia
Monument Jarrahdale Honour Roll
ANZAC Memorial Park (Byford)
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

Electoral Roll entries - #2288 1914 timber worker, East Kirupp. District of Swan, subdistrict Collie.

Patrick has been identified as an Indigenous Australian through the Australian War Memorial Project.

War Service

At the time Pat entered camp, the 44th Battalion was being raised, and thus he was within a day, allocated to them, and in turn to their B Company.

On 18 Aug 1916 in England, Patrick was charged with being AWOL from 12:00pm 10 Aug 1916 until he reported at 2:15pm on 11 Aug 1916. Awarded 1 day of No.2 Field Punishment, 7 days confined to barracks and forfeited 2 days pay. On 19 Sep 1916 he was charged with being Absent from Church Parade at 9:00am 17 Sep 1916 at Rollestone, for which he received 7 days Confined to Barracks and fined £1/15/- ($3.50).

On arrival in England Patrick had been assigned to the 7th Training Battalion, and at some point was transferred from the 44th Battalion to a 28th Battalion reinforcement group. On 14 Oct 1916 he proceeded overseas to France from Folkestone aboard HMT Victoria. Along with 46 other reinforcements, Patrick joined the 28th Battalion on 30 Oct 1916 at Dernacourt on the Somme where they were in billets.

On 3 Nov 1916 the 28th Battalion relieved the 53rd in the front line trenches. The trenches were in poor order, with between 1 and 3 feet (300mm - 1m) of mud in them. On 5 Nov 1916 they attacked the German front line trenches known as Gird Trench, suffering heavy losses (59 killed, 172 wounded and 50 missing). Patrick received a gunshot wound to his left wrist during the battle that was to be known as Gueudecourt. Treated by the 5th Field Ambulance on 5 Nov 1916, and then the 3rd Stationary Hospital in Rouen on 8 Nov 1916.

On 10 Nov 1916 Patrick was embarked on HMHS Carisbrook Castle at Le Havre for England, and on arrival he was admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital the next day. Transferred to the King George's Hospital on 17 Jan 1917 and not released to No 4 Command Depot in Wareham until 7 Mar 1917. Transferred to No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott 10 days later. The bones fractured in his arm did not reunite, and thus he was sent back to Australia.

Discharged 5th Military District 20 Nov 1917.

Post War

WW2 War Service

Patrick Richard Michael[1] enlisted on the 28 August 1941[2] from Swanbourne and served as a Private in World War Two from 1939-1948 with the service number W26672.

He listed Tammin, WA as his home town and was discharged on the 17 November 1941. His posting at discharge was 5th Garrison Battalion [citation needed].

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