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Patrick Daniel SHERIDAN

Regimental number299
Place of birthEddington, Victoria
SchoolEddington and Bendigo State Schools, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinBrother, John Sheridan, No 1 State Mill, Manjimup, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was the fourth son of the late John Sheridan, Proprietor of the Eddington Brewery, Eddington, Loddon Valley, Vcitoria. [Brother: Charles Sheridan of Perth, W.A.]
FateDied of wounds 13 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row H, Grave No9. 88), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Sophia SHERIDAN
Family/military connectionsNil.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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