FOLEY, Gordon Joseph
| Service Number: | 4017 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 24 April 1951, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-142. 10. |
| Memorials: | Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4017, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4017, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4017, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 29 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4017, 10th Field Ambulance, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 26th April 1951, Private Gordon Joseph Foley, 10th Australian Field Ambulance (Reg No-4017), labourer from Suntop, Wellington, New South Wales and 52 Braye Street, Mayfield, N.S.W. (1941), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 52. ANGLICAN 2-142. 10.
Born at Orange, New South Wales on the 3rd January 1899 as Joseph Gordon to Joseph and Caroline Foley; husband of Ellen Foley nee Hands (married 1926, Waratah, N.S.W., died 1995, age?, 44 years a widow, sleeping here. Gordon enlisted on the 24th June 1915 with the 2nd Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A7 Medicon the 30th December 1915.
Admitted to hospital 20.4.1916 (scabies), 7.2.1917 (scabies), 4.3.1917 (furunculosis-boils), 1.6.1917 (abscess, knee), 5.9.1918 (not stated).
Commenced return to Australia 9.3.1919.
Admitted to hospital at Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa (coryza).
Embarked for Australia 12.8.1919.
Gordon arrived home on the 8th September 1919, being discharged on the 29th November 1919.
Mr. Foley’s name has been inscribed on the Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Wellington Cenotaph and Great War Memorial Gates.
I have placed poppies at Gordon’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died, 24th April 1951.
Officially commemorated 20.4.1957.
Not listed on Search for a Commemoration website.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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