FALVEY, John Patrick
| Service Number: | 3636 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Islington Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1935, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-12. 26. |
| Memorials: | Haymarket C and W Department Employees Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3636, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3636, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 13th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, GSW right forearm, and admitted to 5th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 5 July 1918; to No 2 Convalescent Depot; to 11th Convalescent Depot, 12 July 1918; returned to duty 3 August 1918. | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 13th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 2nd occasion, SW right shoulder, and admitted to 48th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 1st General Hospital, Etretat, 19 September 1918; to England, 30 September 1918, and dmitted to General Military Hospital, Edmonton, 1 October 1918 (gunshot wound right shoulder). Transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 19 December 1918. Granted Furlough 24 December 1918-7 January 1919. Admitted to No. 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, ex furlough, 7 January 1919 | |
| 28 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 14th November 1935, Private John Patrick Falvey, 13th Battalion, labourer of 32 Power Street, Islington, New South Wales, father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 43. CATHOLIC 1-12. 26.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139788109
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 27th April 1892 to James Thomas (died 1918) and Sophia Amelia (died 1927) Falvey; husband of Rita Falvey nee Dyer (married 1923, died?), John enlisted July 1917 with the 56th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 4.7.1918 (GSW right forearm), 18.9.1918 (shell wound right shoulder), John was invalided home March 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140986331
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137498256
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139644116
I have not located Mr Falvey’s name on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
John died tragically on the 12th November 1935 (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166482066), and is resting at his parent’s gravesite, but unfortunately his name has not been inscribed on a headstone, so I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=420992#3
Lest We Forget. — at Sandgate Cemerty.
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