Fagan, Patrick Joseph

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Patrick Edmund Allen Fagan, Joseph

Service Service Number Number 1494 1192 in Action 19th May 1915 Killed Killed in Action 21st December 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

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 ENLISTMENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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 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” Fagan’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. Memorial 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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