Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Patrick Joseph Lenehan
Patrick Joseph Lenehan's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Patrick Joseph Lenehan
Service number: 271
Rank: Regimental Sergeant Major
Unit: 1 Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 31 October 1917
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: PALESTINE 1 Beersheba War Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: LENEHAN, R.S.M. Patrick Joseph, 271. 1st Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 31st Oct., 1917. D. 19.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Patrick Joseph Lenehan from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 271 |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | c/o J Elliot, Ellwood, Lacvalse, Tumut, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Step-Mother, Mrs T McGrath, Bombomlie, Tumut, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 19 August 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | WO RSM |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 31 October 1917 |
| Place of burial | Beersheba War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 19), Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: 1st LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Patrick Joseph Lenehan
