WX17 (2142773) Patrick Mannix Shanahan
WX17 (2142773) Patrick Mannix Shanahan
| Date of birth | 1918-05-07 | Bunbury WA |
| Interwar Service 2 | 1938-04-27 | lieutenant 44th battalion |
| Date commissioned | 1938-04-27 | |
| Career summary 1 | 1939-10-13 | seconded lieutenant 2/11th battalion |
| Career summary 2 | 1939-10-24 | enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 3 | 1940-05-19 | arrived Middle East |
| Career summary 4 | 1940-07-22 - 1940-08-25 | course Middle East Tactical School (Jnr |
| Career summary 5 | 1940-12-11 | captain |
| Career summary 7 | 1941-06-09 | missing in action (reported) |
| Career summary 9 | 1941-06-23 | prisoner of war (reported) |
| Career summary 8 | 1941-07-19 | Mention in Despatches |
| Career summary 10 | 1941-07-31 | arrived Middle East |
| Career summary 11 | 1941-08-31 | attached 2iC 19th Australian infantry training battalion |
| Career summary 12 | 1942-05-14 | Returned to Australia (4MD) |
| Career summary 13 | 1942-06-24 | attached Headquarters 4thDivision |
| Career summary 14 | 1942-10-02 | returned to unit (2/11th battalion ) |
| Career summary 15 | 1942-10-08 | seconded 14th battalion |
| Career summary 16 | 1942-11-28 | 14/32nd battalion |
| Career summary 17 | 1942-11-30 | temporary major |
| Career summary 18 | 1943-06-15 | course Land Headquarters Tactical School Cse #6 (senior Offr?) |
| Career summary 19 | 1943-08-17 | arrived Moresby |
| Career summary 20 | 1944-01-20 | major (bd 30 Nov 42) promul |
| Career summary 21 | 1944-05-12 | Returned to Australia (Syd) |
| Career summary 22 | 1944-05-31 - 1944-09-22 | course Staff Schoo |
| Career summary 23 | 1944-09-22 | general service officer grade 2 (Inf), G Br, director Staff Duties |
| Career summary 24 | 1945-01-22 | brigade major 6th Brigade |
| Career summary 25 | 1945-02-03 | Arrived New Britain |
| Career summary 26 | 1945-05-21 | commanding officer 55/53rd battalion |
| Appointment | 1945-05-21 - 1946-01-30 | Battalion: 55/53rd; Rank on appointment: major, temporary lieutenant colonel ; Appointed from: brigade major 6th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: battalion disbanded base appointment |
| Career summary 28 | 1945-05-27 | arrived Bougainville |
| Career summary 27 | 1945-05-27 | temporary lieutenant colonel |
| Career summary 29 | 1945-09-20 | Returned to Australia (Bris) |
| Career summary 30 | 1945-11-03 | arrived Moresby |
| Career summary 31 | 1945-11-08 | arrived Rabaul |
| Career summary 32 | 1946-01-30 | relinquished command |
| Career summary 33 | 1946-02-21 | lieutenant colonel (bd 27 Sep 45) promul |
| Career summary 34 | 1946-04-05 | officer commanding Troop Trains S Comd |
| Career summary 35 | 1946-05-10 | general service officer grade 2 Training Team, Headquarters S Comd |
| Career summary 36 | 1947-01-03 | officer commanding Troops 7th Australian Ships Staff |
| Career summary 37 | 1947-12-13 | deputy assistant adjutant general (AMF) Headquarters British Commonwelth Occupation Force |
| Career summary 38 | 1948-04-16 | assistant adjutant and quarter master general (AMF) Brit Com Sub Area Tokyo |
| Career summary 39 | 1948-07-16 - 1948-08-30 | course #1 Infantry Royal Military College Wing (Ja |
| Career summary 40 | 1949-02-11 | commanding officer 38th battalion |
| Career summary 41 | 1951-03-04 | INSTR? School of Tactics & Administering |
| Career summary 42 | 1951-03-05 | relinquish lieutenant colonel |
| Career summary 43 | 1951-03-05 | captain (temporary MAJ, H/lieutenant colonel) |
| Career summary 44 | 1952-05-15 | temporary major (H/lieutenant colonel) (Australian Staff Corps) |
| Career summary 45 | 1952-07-01 | major (H/lieutenant colonel) (Australian Staff Corps) |
| Career summary 46 | 1953-06-05 | brigade major 7th Brigade |
| Career summary 47 | 1955-01-14 | company commander 2 RAR |
| Career summary 48 | 1955-09-12 | arrived Penang |
| Career summary 49 | 1957-03-15 - 1957-04-29 | administering command 27 Sep-15 Oct 56, 4-17 Jan |
| Career summary 50 | 1957-12-12 | Returned to Australia |
| Career summary 51 | 1958-02-12 | officer commanding 17th NS Training Company |
| Career summary 52 | 1959-01-19 | commanding officer 42nd Infantry battalion |
| Career summary 53 | 1959-01-20 | temporary lieutenant colonel |
| Career summary 54 | 1960-12-01 | lieutenant colonel |
| Career summary 55 | 1961-06-25 | Chief of Staff Headquarters Eastern Command |
| Career summary 56 | 1962-07-23 | Headquarters Comm Z |
| Career summary 57 | 1964-10-25 | director of Personnel Administration AHeadquarters |
| Career summary 58 | 1964-10-26 | temporary colonel |
| Career summary 59 | 1965-11-21 | Special Service VN 8 |
| Career summary 60 | 1966-01-17 | director Manning AHeadquarters |
| Career summary 61 | 1966-09-18 | Reserve of Officers, Retired List ??? |
| Career summary 6 | c 1941-04-11 | arrived Greece |
| Interwar Service 1 | OR service | |
| WW2 Service 4 | New Guinea | |
| WW2 Service 1 | Bardia-Benghazi | |
| WW2 Service 5 | Bougainville |
Extra Service Number: 2142773; Militia Number: 57503; Occupation: Clerk, State Railways
