Place Names Register Extract
Patrick Street
Extract date: 24/11/2024
| Name |
Patrick |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
24690 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
29 April 2015 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Muirhead |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Patrick Edward Lionel Radcliff Holmes was a Civil Engineer WWI Serviceman (Service Number 6/1/84B). Patrick worked at Darwin 2 ½ mile railway workshop prior to WWI and was a veteran of service with the Munster Fusiliers (infantry regiment of the British Army). He shared the distinction of being the first to volunteer from the Northern Territory for war service. He departed Darwin on board SS Mataram on 22 August 1915 for England, via Singapore to join his old regiment - Canterbury Infantry Regiment, British Section New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant Patrick Holmes was recorded as missing in action on 25 April 1915 - declared 'believed killed' in 1916. His name appears on the Darwin Cenotaph. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 29/04/2015 |
|
Date added to the Register |
| 08/07/2015 |
NTG G27 |
|
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