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DOHERTY, John Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5575 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916, Seymour, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shepparton, Vic., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Shepparton Central State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Shepparton & District War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5575, 24th Infantry Battalion, Seymour, Vic. | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5575, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5575, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5575, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5575 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry and Mary Ann Isabell DOHERTY, husband of Mrs E.M. DOHERTY, 17 Knight Street, Shepparton, Victoria.
Rev. N. D. Herring on, Friday, (on intimation from the Defence authorities) informed Mrs Doherty that her husband Pte. John Thomas Doherty, had been killed in action in France on October 4th. Pte. Doherty was well known in the Goulburn Valley, his people having followed farming pursuits in the Pine Lodge and Undera districts for many years. He leaves a widow and a family of three children, and was a son-in-law of Cr. E. S. Green.
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