10th Field Company Engineers
Killed In Action
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Patrick Maher (SN 10301) was born in Ballarat and educated at the Mollonghip State School. He was a 35 year old labourer, married to Elizabeth, when he enlisted on February 17th 1916. He joined the 10th Field Company Engineers and embarked for the Front in June from Melbourne on board the Runic. He reached the battlefields of France in November 1916 but various illnesses caused frequent interruptions to his active service. With the war finally over, and while waiting to return to Australia, he died from appendicitis on March 25th 1919. He is buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, UK.
