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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Patrick Pierce Phelan |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Rifleman |
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| Forename(s): |
Patrick Pierce |
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| Surname: |
Phelan |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
65799 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Place of Birth: |
Australia |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farmer |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Elsie May Phelan (wife), Te Mata, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Married |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
33rd Reinforcements E Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
31 December 1917 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 99 |
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| Vessel: |
Athenic |
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| Destination: |
Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Nominal Roll Footnotes: |
Born in Australia. |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
76 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
18 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, D Company, 3rd |
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| Place of Death: |
Le Cateau, France |
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| Date of Death: |
8 October 1918 |
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| Age at Death: |
34 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
III. B. 4. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of John and Annie Phelan of Enfield, Victoria, Australia; husband of Elsie May Phelan, of Te Mata. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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