Francis James DOHERTY MC

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Service Number:	2359
Enlisted:	10 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Regimental Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Londonerry, Ireland, 1882
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Septicaemia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1919
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Roman Catholic Section 2, Row 5, Grave 239,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2359, Liverpool, New South Wales
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2359, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2359, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
4 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2359, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Mar 1917:	Honoured Military Cross
10 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 2359, Discharged in Sydney
18 May 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 2359, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2359 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Regimental Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1919-05-18

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Son of Francis and Susan Doherty; husband of Mary J Doherty of Glanville, NSW. Brother of D. Doherty of 29 Rossville Street, Londonerry, Ireland

19 December 1916 - Wounded in action while evacuating wounded. Gunshot wounds to face and neck

4 October 1917 - Wounded in action, shrapnel wounds to the face

11 January 1919 - Embarked HT Osterley for return to Australia.

26 February 1919 - Dismebarked at Sydney

Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Meda, Victory Medal