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DOOREY, Mant
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2672 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 9 April 1870 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Death attributed to War Service (Gas), 'Rendezvous" Webster Road, Liverpool, NSW, 27 February 1937, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Church of England Section |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 30 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers, Embarked on HMAT Suffolk in Sydney for transportation to Egypt. | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers, Joined the 7th Field Company Engineers in France | |
| 13 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers, Presented to 5th Aust Field Ambulance, then 10th Casualty Clearing Station in Belgium before being sent to 3rd North General Hospital, Sheffield, Yorkshire suffering from orchitis. | |
| 13 Feb 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers, Embarked on 'Ulysses' for transportation to Australia and discharged on 15 May 1917 - Medically Unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mant was apprenticed to Queensland Railways for 5 years.
SMH Monday 8 March 1937
Mr M. Dufferin-Doorey
The death occurred of Mr Mant Dufferin-Doorey, formerly a corporal of the 7th Field Engineers AIF at his residence Webster Rd, Liverpool. Death was caused by the effects of war wounds and gas. Mr Duffein-Doorey served twelve months in Egypt, and later in France where he won his stripes for bravery in the field. Later in 1917 he was wounded and gassed while engaged in bridge building on the Aisne.
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