Patrick Hill Condon

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First Name:

Patrick

Middle Name:

Hill

Last Name:

Condon

Date of Birth:

Thursday, June 25, 1885

Mother's Name:

Margaret (nee Clancy)

Father's Name:

Patrick Condon

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, October 17, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

13th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Monday, September 24, 1917

Place of Death:

Belgium

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Patrick Condon was a single 31 year old labourer, Living in Wollongong, NSW when he enlisted. He was working with his father at the time. He was a musician who played the piano, organ and xylaphone. He embarked on HMAT A72 Beltana with 23rd Reinforcements, 13th Battalion on 25th November 1916.

After training in England he joined 13th Battalion in France on 10th June 1917. Patrick was killed in action and has no known grave. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres Belgium and on his parents grave in Wollongong Cemetery.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, CONDON P H