Regimental number | 868 |
Place of birth | Bunyip, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Station hand |
Address | Springdale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 7.25" |
Weight | 132 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Caroline McParland, Springdale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/17/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on |
Date of embarkation incorrectly listed on Embarkation Roll as 7 June 1915. | |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 1283 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Also entered on Nominal Roll as Patrick McFARLAND, 12th Light Horse Regiment; no details of fate recorded. |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 69), Egypt |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 420 Driver Maurice Mathew McPARLAND, 4th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 5 March 1919; 365 Driver Thomas Edward McPARLAND, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 September 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Transferred from 12th Light Horse Regiment to 23rd Bn; taken on strength, 23rd Bn, Heliopolis, 28 August 1915. Died of diptheria, 15 September 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Surname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as McFARLAND. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, McPARLAND Patrick |