(Cornelious) Patrick REYNOLDS
Year of Birth: 1918
Place of Birth: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 20 May 1941, Roma, Queensland, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Signalman
Unit(s): 49 Battalion Australian Infantry, Australian Citizens Military Force
Service Number: Q103443
Died: 7 August 1942
Age: 23 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot A – Row A – Grave 2
Cornelius Patrick Reynolds was born 27 October 1918 to James and Mary Ellen (Collins) Reynolds, his siblings were Eveline Margaret born 1903, Michael Sydney 1906, Mary Ellen 1909, Adeline Frances 1911, James Stanley 1913, and Kevin Charles who died in 1927.
He became engaged to Olive Dorothy Thrupp in April 1941.
Patrick was living in Roma when he enlisted 20 May 1941, his occupation was a dam sinker, single with brown hair and blue eyes.
Patrick Reynolds died of Empyema contracted in New Guinea. He was admitted to Cairns General Hospital 17 July 1942 and died 8 August 1942. Request was made by his mother to take him home to Toowoomba for burial, which was not granted.
Patrick Reynolds’s name is on the Toowoomba Roll of Honour board and also located at panel 69; Supplementary panel 1 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B884, (REYNOLDS Patrick) National Archives of Australia
Department Veterans’ Affairs Nominal Rolls
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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