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DUFFY, Raymond Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 172 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tea Tree, Tasmania, Australia, 30 October 1898 |
| Home Town: | Tea Tree, Brighton, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Tea Tree State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 16 April 1917, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 172, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 172, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 172, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Raymond suffered multiple gunshot wounds at Bullecourt on 15 April 1917. He died of his wounds in a Field Ambulance the next day.
His younger brother, 3645 Pte Ormond Clarence Duffy, 26th Battalion, was killed in action at Pozieres 5 August 1916. Another brother who enlisted with Raymond, 171 Pte Kenneth Duffy, 40th Battalion, returned to Australia 31 October 1917, discharged medically unfit with gunshot wounds to the leg. They were the sons of Nicholas and Mary Duffy, of Tea Tree, Tasmania.