Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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McPartlan Thomas Patrick

Born 14^th August 1894 Hobart Tasmania the son of Patrick Francis and Anastasia McPartlan (nee Rigney) a clerk he embarked Melbourne 27^th September 1915 on board “HMAT Hororata” with the 3^rd Field Artillery Brigade Reinforcements.

He was a compulsory trainee and was drafted into the 41^st Battery AFA (Citizen Forces)

He was killed in action 16^th June 1917 in Belgium and is commemorated in the Maple Leaf Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium

Mrs. McPartlan of Hobart received word on Tuesday of her son Tom who has been killed in action in France. Gunner McPartlan had been fighting for two years and his brother Frank fought all through Gallipoli and is now in France. Both brothers were on the one gun. Several other men were wounded at the same time.

The Mercury 19^th July 1917

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