HEALY, Maurice
| Service Number: | 1360 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, 10 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mount Morgan State School |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1360, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1360, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1360, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1360, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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"...1360 Private Maurice Healy, 2nd Battalion, of Mount Morgan, Qld. A bricklayer prior to enlistment, Healy embarked from Sydney with the 2nd Reinforcements aboard HMAT Seang Bee on 11 February 1915. Pte Healy died from wounds received at Gallipoli, aged 22. His service record states that he died on 28 April 1915 at the Gallipoli Peninsula. One report on the Red Cross Missing and Wounded file states that he died whilst on the transport ship Derflingger, probably on 29 April 1915, and was buried at sea on 30 April 1915. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. His brother, Pte John Francis Healy, 20th Battalion, was later killed in action in France on 2 May 1917, aged 22." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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