Major Patrick Mannix Shanahan

Service number 2142773, WX17
Ranks Held Captain, Major
Birth Date 07/05/1918
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Bunbury
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 6th Australian Infantry Brigade
Place Bunbury
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

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