St Pat’s News

HAYES, William Vincent- – – – SPC 1905-1908DoB:– – 1892, Grafton, NSWFather:– – William HayesMother:- – Mary Catherine, nee McGannonService No:- 3056Rank:- – PrivateUnit:– – 33rd BattalionWilliam Vincent Hayes enlisted on 15 September 1916, aged 24 years and two months. He was five feet, six inches tall, with a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown…

HAYES, Phillip Herbert- – – – SPC 1912-1916 DoB:- – 15 May 1899, Scone, NSW Father:- – Joseph William Hayes Mother:- – Mary Ann, nee Bartlett Service No:- 3340 Rank:- – Private, Trooper Unit:– – 6th Light Horse Brigade Phillip Hayes enlisted on 8 May 1917. At that time he had just turned 18, but…

HAYDEN, Jeremiah James- – – – SPC 1893-1895 DoB:- – 1877, Ballarat East, VIC Father:– – William Hayden Mother:– – Honora, nee Ryan Known as James while at St Patrick’s, this boy was one of the College -‘Foundation’ students. He passed his Matriculation in 1895 in the following subjects: History, Arithmetic, Euclid (a branch of…

HARRIMAN, Archie Cosway- – – – – SPC 1910-1912 DoB:- – c1896, Mildura, VIC Father:– – Ben John Harriman Mother:– – Elizabeth Anne, nee Chapman / Chaplin Archie Harriman attained a complete pass in the Junior Public exams in 1912, in the following subjects: Geometry (Distinction), English, French, History, Geography and Algebra. Service No:- 11772…

HANLON, William Francis Xavier- – – – SPC 1908-1911 DoB:– – 1898, Ballarat, VIC Father:– – Christopher Hanlon Mother:– – Bedelia (Bridget) Mary, nee Hynes The College Annual of 1916-1917 wrote a paragraph about William’s war service in France: -‘-¦ Pte Wm F Hanlon volunteered July 1915, transferred later in AMC. Sailed for the front…

HANLON, Christopher Joseph- – – – SPC 1903-1904 DoB:- – 1889, Barwon, VIC Father:– – Michael Stephen Hanlon Mother:– – Sarah Annie Chris Hanlon was a boarder at St Patrick’s. In the South Street Competitions of 1904, he attained a Distinction, being first prize for his part in -‘a dramatic dialogue’. He was also a…

HALEY, Urban Aloysius Joseph- – – – SPC 1910 DoB:- – April 1896, St Helens, TAS Father:- – Thomas Augustin Haley Mother:– – Mary Ann, nee Fox There were three Haley brothers at St Patrick’s College; Ambrose (SPC 1908), John (SPC 1909-1910) and Urban (SPC 1910). They came to Ballarat from St Helen’s in Tasmania,…

HALEY, John -‘Jack’ Martial- – – – – SPC 1909-1910 DoB:- – 19 June 1894, St Helens, TAS Father:- – Thomas Augustine Haley Mother:– – Mary Ann, nee Fox There were three Haley brothers at St Patrick’s College; Ambrose (SPC 1908), John (SPC 1909-1910) and Urban (SPC 1910). They came to Ballarat from St Helen’s…

HALEY, Ambrose Augustin- – – – SPC 1908 There were three Haley brothers at St Patrick’s College; Ambrose (SPC 1908), John (SPC 1909-1910) and Urban (SPC 1910). They came to Ballarat from St Helen’s in Tasmania, as boarders. With the opening of St Virgil’s Christian Brothers College in Hobart in 1911, the Haley boys returned…

GRONDONA, Leo St Clare- – – – SPC 1904-1905 DoB:– – 12 August, 1890, Hawthorn, VIC Father:- – Charles Henry Grondona Mother:- – Margaret, nee Dineen Leo Grondona was a boarder from Melbourne. When he left St Patrick’s College he was involved in a wide range of farming enterprises and spent three years in outback…