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Patrick SCULLIN

Regimental number4958
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolCBC
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address214 Pirie Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 9.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, Daniel Scullin, 214 Pirie Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in 84th Infrantry.
Enlistment date10 February 1916
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row A, Grave No. 18), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Catherine SCULLIN, 147 Piessi Street, Boulder, Western Australia. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1996 Pte Daniel SCULLIN, 51st Bn, killed in action, 26 September 1917; 767 Pte John Joseph SCULLIN, 28th Bn, killed in action, 29 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA B2455 11611285

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