Patrick John DOWD

Regimental number2630
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationRailway porter
AddressTerowie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.1
Height5' 9.5"
Weight178 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Dowd, Terowie, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Work near Jeancourt on 18 September 1918.
Recommendation date: "Unspecified"

FateReturned to Australia 25 February 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'During the advance from JEANCOURT on 18th September, 1918, Private DOWD led an assault on a post which was covering four field guns. With four other men he captured 10 wounded and 20 undwounded prisoners, and unmasked the guns. Later during the advance he pushed forward and inflicted casualties on an enemy post, causing the garrison to withdraw, thus allowing his platoon to push forward.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919

Discharge date4 June 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4723 Pte Andrew Aloysius DOWD, 3rd Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 19 September 1917; 1656 Lance Corporal Edward Hillary DOWD, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 March 1919; 1657 Pte Francis Michael DOWD, 48th Bn, returned to Austraslia, 2 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Balmoral Castle', 25 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, left arm), Adelaide, 4 June 1919.

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 May 1970
Age at death82
Place of burialCheltenham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, DOWD Patrick John