Service number | WX17, 2142773 |
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Ranks Held | Captain, Major |
Birth Date | 1918-05-07 |
Birth Place | Australia: Western Australia, Bunbury |
Final Rank | Major |
Service | Australian Army |
Units |
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Place | Bunbury |
Conflicts/Operations |
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Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1946-02-14 Published in London Gazette in 1941-07-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-02-21 |
Major Patrick Mannix Shanahan
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 6th Australian Infantry Brigade
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major
- London Gazette
- 14 February 1946 on page 944 at position 19
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 21 February 1946 on page 409 at position 133
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 08 July 1941 on page 3890 at position 65
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
Date of birth | 07 May 1918 | |
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Date commissioned | 27 April 1938 | |
Interwar Service 2 | 27 April 1938 | lieutenant 44th battalion |
Career summary 1 | 13 October 1939 | seconded lieutenant 2/11th battalion |
Career summary 2 | 24 October 1939 | enlisted 2AIF |
Career summary 3 | 19 May 1940 | arrived Middle East |
Career summary 4 | 1940-07-22 - 1940-08-25 | course Middle East Tactical School (Jnr |
Career summary 5 | 11 December 1940 | captain |
Career summary 7 | 09 June 1941 | missing in action (reported) |
Career summary 9 | 23 June 1941 | prisoner of war (reported) |
Career summary 8 | 19 July 1941 | Mention in Despatches |
Career summary 10 | 31 July 1941 | arrived Middle East |
Career summary 11 | 31 August 1941 | attached 2iC 19th Australian infantry training battalion |
Career summary 12 | 14 May 1942 | Returned to Australia (4MD) |
Career summary 13 | 24 June 1942 | attached Headquarters 4thDivision |
Career summary 14 | 02 October 1942 | returned to unit (2/11th battalion ) |
Career summary 15 | 08 October 1942 | seconded 14th battalion |
Career summary 16 | 28 November 1942 | 14/32nd battalion |
Career summary 17 | 30 November 1942 | temporary major |
Career summary 18 | 15 June 1943 | course Land Headquarters Tactical School Cse #6 (senior Offr?) |
Career summary 19 | 17 August 1943 | arrived Moresby |
Career summary 20 | 20 January 1944 | major (bd 30 Nov 42) promul |
Career summary 21 | 12 May 1944 | Returned to Australia (Syd) |
Career summary 22 | 1944-05-31 - 1944-09-22 | course Staff Schoo |
Career summary 23 | 22 September 1944 | general service officer grade 2 (Inf), G Br, director Staff Duties |
Career summary 24 | 22 January 1945 | brigade major 6th Brigade |
Career summary 25 | 03 February 1945 | Arrived New Britain |
Career summary 26 | 21 May 1945 | 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 27 | 27 May 1945 | temporary lieutenant colonel |
Career summary 28 | 27 May 1945 | arrived Bougainville |
Career summary 29 | 20 September 1945 | Returned to Australia (Bris) |
Career summary 30 | 03 November 1945 | arrived Moresby |
Career summary 31 | 08 November 1945 | arrived Rabaul |
Career summary 32 | 30 January 1946 | relinquished command |
Career summary 33 | 21 February 1946 | lieutenant colonel (bd 27 Sep 45) promul |
Career summary 34 | 05 April 1946 | officer commanding Troop Trains S Comd |
Career summary 35 | 10 May 1946 | general service officer grade 2 Training Team, Headquarters S Comd |
Career summary 36 | 03 January 1947 | officer commanding Troops 7th Australian Ships Staff |
Career summary 37 | 13 December 1947 | deputy assistant adjutant general (AMF) Headquarters British Commonwelth Occupation Force |
Career summary 38 | 16 April 1948 | 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 | 11 February 1949 | commanding officer 38th battalion |
Career summary 41 | 04 March 1951 | INSTR? School of Tactics & Administering |
Career summary 42 | 05 March 1951 | relinquish lieutenant colonel |
Career summary 43 | 05 March 1951 | captain (temporary MAJ, H/lieutenant colonel) |
Career summary 44 | 15 May 1952 | temporary major (H/lieutenant colonel) (Australian Staff Corps) |
Career summary 45 | 01 July 1952 | major (H/lieutenant colonel) (Australian Staff Corps) |
Career summary 46 | 05 June 1953 | brigade major 7th Brigade |
Career summary 47 | 14 January 1955 | company commander 2 RAR |
Career summary 48 | 12 September 1955 | arrived Penang |
Career summary 49 | 1957-03-15 - 1957-04-29 | administering command 27 Sep-15 Oct 56, 4-17 Jan |
Career summary 50 | 12 December 1957 | Returned to Australia |
Career summary 51 | 12 February 1958 | officer commanding 17th NS Training Company |
Career summary 52 | 19 January 1959 | commanding officer 42nd Infantry battalion |
Career summary 53 | 20 January 1959 | temporary lieutenant colonel |
Career summary 54 | 01 December 1960 | lieutenant colonel |
Career summary 55 | 25 June 1961 | Chief of Staff Headquarters Eastern Command |
Career summary 56 | 23 July 1962 | Headquarters Comm Z |
Career summary 57 | 25 October 1964 | director of Personnel Administration AHeadquarters |
Career summary 58 | 26 October 1964 | temporary colonel |
Career summary 59 | 21 November 1965 | Special Service VN 8 |
Career summary 60 | 17 January 1966 | director Manning AHeadquarters |
Career summary 61 | 18 September 1966 | Reserve of Officers, Retired List ??? |
Career summary 6 | c 1941-04-11 | arrived Greece |
Interwar Service 1 | OR service | |
WW2 Service 1 | Bardia-Benghazi | |
WW2 Service 4 | New Guinea | |
WW2 Service 5 | Bougainville |