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DUFFY, Joseph Augustus

Service Number:	5091
Enlisted:	16 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mallacoota, Vic, 1898
Home Town:	Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lakes Entrance & District Roll Great War Roll of Honor, Lakes Entrance WW1 Memorial, Lakes Entrance and District HR, Lakes Entrance and District War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5091, 5th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5091, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5091, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 5091, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5091 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duffy, of Lakes Entrance, Victoria