HAGGERTY, Michael Joseph
| Service Number: | 62626 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1918, Enlisted at Peterborough, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, Australia, 21 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Good Samaritan Convent Gawler |
| Occupation: | Railway Cleaner |
| Died: | Illness - Pneumonic Influenza, Woodmans Point, Fremantle, Western Australia, 13 December 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rockingham Cemetery, Western Australia Plot R, Row C, Grave 1, Rockingham Cemetery, Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler War Memorial, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 62626, Enlisted at Peterborough, SA | |
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| 22 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 62626, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 62626, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Boonah, Adelaide | |
| 13 Dec 1918: | Involvement Private, 62626, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 62626 awm_unit: 6th General Service Reinforcements awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Date of birth on Attestin paper was incorrect
Son of John Joseph Haggerty and Ellen (nee Kinnane) Haggerty of Galwer; brother of Beatrice Haggerty and Mary Margrett Haggerty. Nephew of Annie Connole of Farm Road, Islington, SA who was listed as next of kin
12 December 1918 - disembarked at Woodmans Point, Fremantle, WA due to Pneumonic Influenza
Medal: British War Medal
Also served for 4 years in the Cadets plus 3 years in the Citizen Forces
Private J. HAGGERTY, of Gawler, died on Friday at Woodman's Point Quarantine Station, Western Australia, of Spanish influenza, at the age of 20 years and 9 months. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. John J. Haggerty, engine-driver for many years in the South Australian railway service. Private Haggerty was a cleaner in the Railway Department. He was educated at the Good Samaritan Convent, Gawler. He had a large circle of friends.