DUFFY, James Alfred
| Service Number: | 412 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 24 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1951, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_1, Section 21, Lot 138 |
| Memorials: | St Mark's HR Islington, Tighes Hill Pride of Ferndale G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 412, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 412, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 412, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 23 May 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", Work near Morcourt on 8 August 1918. Pte Duffy and Pte Allen went over the top to bring in wounded over 5hrs under heavy fire. | |
| 5 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 412, 1st Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
69 years ago today, on the Saturday morning of the 6th October 1951, (3 burials on this day), Corporal James Alfred Duffy (M.M.), 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-412), boilermaker's assistant (Morison & Bearby Limited), from Clyde Street, Islington, New South Wales and 23 Cowper Street, Georgetown, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. ANGLICAN 1-21. 138.
Born at Murrurundi, New South Wales on the 24th August 1896 to Francis John and Charlotte Mary Duffy; husband of Annie Duffy nee Shelley (married 1920, died?), James enlisted with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 20.7.1918 (gastroenteritis), and awarded the Military Medal on the 1st September 1918, James did not return home until November 1919, being discharged on the 5th January 1920.
Mr Duffy’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and the Islington St. Mark's Anglican Church Roll of Honour (photo courtesy of Ed Tonks, OAM, unveiled on the 17th September 1916). Name not inscribed on the Morison & Bearby Limited Roll of Honour or the Newcastle Federated Society of Boilermakers Roll of Honour.
There is no indication on James’s headstone plaque to tell us of his gallant service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label, kindly supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas, in remembrance of his courage and duty for King & Empire during The Great War.
Older brother Frederick William (2nd Battalion, Reg No-838 (Original Anzac), born 1890, died 1970, Wyong, N.S.W. - also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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