St Pat’s News

SMYTH, Sydney Llewelyn- – – – SPC 1906-1910DoB:- – 1892, Ballarat VICFather:- – William SmythMother:- – Edith Laura, nee EmerySydney Smyth was a day boy at St Patrick’s. He was a member of the 1st XVIII Football team in 1910.Service No:- 626Rank:- – SergeantUnit:- – 13th Light Horse Regiment, later Australian Corps Cyclists BattalionSydney Smyth…

SMITH, Romley -‘Rom’ Rutherford- – – – SPC 1909-1912 DoB:- – 1894, Hawthorn, VIC Father:- – Thomas Harrington Smith Mother:- – Martha Ann, nee Rutherford Romley Rutherford -‘Rom’ Smith was a boarder at St Patrick’s from Melbourne. He was an exceptional student and in 1911 sat for and passed the Junior Public Examinations in ten…

SLATTERY, Leo Vincent D’Arcy- – – SPC 1910-1911 DoB:- – 1893, Ballarat, VIC Father:- – Thomas Valentine Slattery Mother:- – Kathleen Mary Angela, nee McHugh Leo Slattery was a boarder from the Melbourne suburb of East Malvern. He was in the Junior Public Class in 1911. Service No:- 3265 Rank:- – Private Unit:- – 24th…

SHERIDAN, Wilfred- – – – SPC 1907 DoB:- – 1896, Elsternwick, VIC Father:- – Thomas John Sheridan Mother:- – Mary, nee O’Rooke Wilfred Sheridan was a boarder at St Patrick’s from Melbourne. Service No:- 5129 Rank:- – Driver Unit:- – 3rd Light Horse Brigade, 4th Pioneer Battalion, 12th ASC Wilfred Sheridan enlisted in the AIF…

SHELTON, Patrick James- – – – SPC 1906-1907 DoB:- – 1884, Creswick, VIC Father:- – John Shelton Mother:- – Ellen, nee Shaw Patrick Shelton was a boarder at the College. Service No:- 3905 Rank:- – Private Unit:- – 46th Battalion Patrick Shelton enlisted in the AIF on 12 July 1915. He was 30 years and…

SHEAHAN, Michael ‘Mick’ Bryan Philip- – – SPC 1912 DoB:- – 1896, Carlton, VIC Father:- – Michael Sheahan Mother:- – Mary, nee Brodie Michael Sheahan was a boarder at St Patrick’s from the Melbourne suburb of Carlton. His brother Francis Joseph Sheahan (SPC 1907-1908) also enlisted for service in WWI. In the College Annual of…

SHEAHAN, Francis Joseph- – – SPC 1907-1908 DoB:- – 1892, Carlton, VIC Father:- – Michael Sheahan Mother:- – Mary, nee Brody Frank Sheahan was a boarder at St Patrick’s College from Lygon Street, Carlton. His brother Michael Bryan Philip Sheahan (SPC 1912) also enlisted for service in WWI. There was a tribute to Frank in…

SHAW, Oswald James- – – SPC 1907-1913 DoB:- – 1896 Talbot, VIC Father:- – James Cleland Shaw, Barrister Mother:- – Ellen, nee Sharp Oswald Shaw was a day student at St Patrick’s College. He sat the Junior Public exam in 1912, and passed in Algebra, Geometry, English, French, History, and Latin. He was also a…

SHAPIRA, Francis Cunningham- – – SPC 1904 DoB:- – 30 July, 1887 London, England Father: – Rev Alexander William Shapira Mother:- – Theresa Elvina Frank Shapira was born in London, and migrated with his family to Hobart, Tasmania, when he was about ten years old. He was a boarder at St Patrick’s College from Georgetown,…

SEWARD, Stephen -‘Steenie’- Aloysius- – – SPC 1900-1906 DoB:- – 1892, Ballarat Father:- – Stephen Seward, Craig’s Hotel, Ballarat Mother:- – Mary Ellen -‘Nellie’, nee Kelleher – Steenie was a boarder at St Patrick’s with his three brothers, Leo (SPC 1898-1903), Harrie Stephen (SPC 1897-1898), and Joseph Thomas -‘Tom’ Lawrence (SPC 1900-1904, 1910-1911). Leo did…