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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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1917 - 1943 (25 years)
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Name |
Patrick Charles GRANEY [1, 2] |
Suffix |
Corporal |
Military Service |
1940-43 |
WWII [1, 3] |
Enlisted 12 Jul 1940 in RAAF as Corporal with 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion, at locality of Milang/Adelaide SA. NOK wife: Stella Graney(i-5236) DOD 3 Oct 1943 as Corporal in 2/43 Australian Infanatry Battalion. Roll of Honour at Milang SA. KIA |
- P. C. Graney was a World War 2 hero who was killed on active service, but left no offspring.
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Born |
25 Dec 1917 |
Mt Gambier SA |
Gender |
Male |
Military Service |
14 Feb 1941 |
WWII |
Embarked for the middle east in training stage of career and promoted from private to lance corporal and acting corporal and corporal. |
Military Service |
1940-1943 |
WWII [4] |
GRANEY, PATRICK CHARLES Service Number SX8686 Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1917 at MOUNT GAMBIER, SA Date of Enlistment: 12 Jul 1940 Locality on Enlistment MILANG, SA Place of Enlistment ADELAIDE, SA
Next of Kin GRANEY, STELLA Date of Death 3 Oct 1943 Rank Corporal Posting on Death 2/43 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WW2 Honours and Gallantry:Nil Prisoner of War:No Roll of Honour:MILANG SA |
Marriage/Wedding |
30 Mar 1943 |
Milang SA |
Military records page 7 of 13 reports is leave L of C on 3 Mar 1943 disembarking at Sydney and a/c into SA on 9.Mar 1943. |
Military Service |
26 Aug 1943 |
Egypt |
mentioned as middle east |
Military Service |
15 Sep 1943 |
Cairns Qld |
Reported embarked -Cairns Qld |
Cause of death |
3 Oct 1943 |
WWII |
KIA-killed in action Papua New Guinea page7 of 13 pages. buried at Lae War Cemetery Plot U or V? Row B Grave 12 |
Died |
3 Oct 1943 [1] |
- BRB stated died in WWII no further evidence yet
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Person ID |
I-5193 |
Christina and Donald McLean |
Last Modified |
26 Apr 2019 |
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Photos |
 | GRANEY-Patrick Charles WWII SX8686 |
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Sources |
- [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. .
- [S-77] https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/, 21 Jan 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean.
Only initials were previously available.
- [S-77] https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/, 23 Jan 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean.
Nominal WWII Army service records indicate overseas action by his service number:no detail provided
- [S-77] https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=672172, 16 Jan 2018 Researcher Lorna McLean.
full copy from website in details
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