Mant DOOREY

DOOREY, Mant

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 Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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Memorials: Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2672, 7th Field Company Engineers
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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Biography 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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