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Patrick Edmund WALL

Regimental number1671
Place of birthCooma, New South Wales
Other NamesWall, Patrick E
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address10 Broughton Street, East Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5'7.25"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Wall, 10 Broughton Street, East Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the 5th Australian Light Horse, South Africa (Boer War).
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 1 January 1919
Date of death15 May 1921
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date28 October 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Aeneas', 2 January 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 5 February 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: varicose veins), Sydney, 28 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death15 May 1921
Age at death40
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (R.C. 9. 333), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, WALL Patrick Edmund

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