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Patrick Joseph LYNCH

Regimental number5978
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
SchoolChristian Brothers (Catholic) College, East Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address37 May Street, Coburg, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Honoria Lynch, 37 May Street, Coburg, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Army Medical Corps, AMF.
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row N, Grave No. 2A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Honora LYNCH, 3 Dean Street, Coburg, Victoria. Native of Brunswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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