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O'DOHERTY, Joseph Frederick

Service Numbers:	4036, 1238, 15878
Enlisted:	1 April 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Depot Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 March 1896
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Pneumonia, Egypt, 9 February 1919, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Burial reference: - Row M. Grave 226. Personal Inscription: - "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF YOUNGEST SON OF HUGH & NORAH O'DOHERTY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Hutchins School WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4036, 3rd Field Ambulance
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4036, 3rd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
13 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1238, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted 25 March 1915 but did not pass medical until 13 July 1915
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 1238, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1238, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Medically unfit: - heart disease.
6 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 15878, 1st Depot Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania.
9 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 15878, 1st Depot Battalion, Died of pneumonia in Abbassia.
9 Feb 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 15878, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15878 awm_unit: Anzac Division Train Australian Army Service Corps awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1919-02-09

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