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Patrick Francis O'SHEA

Regimental number3842
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressUpper Buckland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Short, Upper Buckland, Victoria
Enlistment date8 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 19 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBeaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 38), Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth O'SHEA, buckland, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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