FOLEY, Laurence
| Service Numbers: | 2370, 2694 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Class Air Mechanic |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Waterford, Ireland, 19 December 1887 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wireless Operator |
| Died: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1941, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment B, Section 10, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2370, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 25 Dec 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2370, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Medical - Cerebral Spinal Meningitis | |
| 12 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 2694, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked 2694, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement 2694, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 2694, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), for Melbourne per HT Euripedes | |
| 4 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 2694, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Doris Foley, 292 Punt Road, South Yarra, Victoria
Son of William Foley and Mary Grant. He married Doris Green in 1918.
WWI Trooper, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Service Number 2370. He first enlisted on Sep. 13, 1915, at Brisbane, QLD, and was diagnosed with Cerebral Spinal Meningitis on Dec. 25, 1915, resulting in his discharge on Jun. 26, 1916.
WWI 2nd Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps, Service Number 2694. Lawrence re-enlisted on Feb. 12, 1917, after medical clearance, and embarked on Feb. 28, 1918, for Liverpool, England. He was admitted to the ship's hospital on Mar. 15, 1918, with influenza, then admitted to hospital in England on May 31, 1918, with catarrh (excessive build-up of thick phlegm). On Jun. 11, 1918, he was admitted to hospital in Aylesbury, England. He continued to be admitted to various hospitals in England, including hometown of Waterford, culminating in a diagnosis of "mental deficiency" on Mar. 3, 1919, that resulted in his return to Australia. He was discharged as medically unfit on Jan. 4, 1920.
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