RILEY, Joseph James
| Service Number: | 2216 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Jeparit, Victoria, Australia, November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Lobar Pneumonia & heart failure, The Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England , United Kingdom, 12 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Cliveden War Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Grave No. 32, Cliveden War Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2216, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2216, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2216, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2216, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW head-eye | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 17 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company, Temp Cpl 16/4/1918 to 24/6/1918 | |
| 12 Jul 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2216, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2216 awm_unit: Australian Machine Gun Corps awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 12th July......Corporal Joseph James Riley was born at Warracknabeal, Victoria in 1895. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 6th July, 1915 as a 20 year old, Tailor from Horsham, Victoria.
Private Riley embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on 27th September, 1915 & was taken on strength of 23rd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 11th January, 1916. He arrived in France on 30th March, 1916 & was promoted to Lance Corporal on 27th July, 1916.
Lance Corporal Riley was wounded in action in France on 28th July, 1916 at Pozieres. He was invalided to England & admitted to 3rd London General Hospital at Wandsworth, London, England on 7th August, 1916 with GSW to head. He was discharged to Perham Downs, on 20th September, 1916.
Lance Corporal Riley was returned to France & rejoined 23rd Battalion on 25th December, 1916. He was transferred to 6th Machine Gun Company on 27th January, 1917 & reverted to the rank of Private.
Private Riley was appointed Lance Corporal on 9th October, 1917 with 6th Machine Gun Company. He was promoted to Temporary Corporal on 16th April, 1918 & sent sick to Hospital on 24th June, 1918 with Pneumonia & his rank reverted to Lance Corporal. He was invalided to England & admitted to The Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England on 9th July, 1918.
Corporal Joseph James Riley died on 12th July, 1918 from Lobar Pneumonia & heart failure consequent of Septic Intoxication. He was buried in Cliveden War Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, England where 2 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
Cliveden War Cemetery is in the grounds of Cliveden House, a National Trust property, near the river Thames. From December 1914 to September 1917, the hospital at nearby Taplow was the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, and then until September 1919, No. 15 Canadian General Hospital. Most of the 40 First World War burials, the majority of them Canadian, are associated with the hospital. The cemetery also contains two Second World War graves and two American War Graves from the First World War.
During the war the family of the Cliveden Estate gave permission for the garden to be adapted to serve as the final resting place for servicemen who died in the hospital. The mosaic paving was replaced with turf and the graves were marked with plain stones recumbent on the graves rather than the upright headstones that are familiar in other Commonwealth War Graves commission cemeteries. The names of those buried are inscribed on the bronze wall plaque behind the font. The burials in Cliveden War Cemetery are still recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/cliveden.html
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