MCLAUGHLIN, Joseph
| Service Number: | 4665 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1952, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-59. 60. |
| Memorials: | Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4665, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4665, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4665, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 29 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4665, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Diggersof The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Saturday morning of the 22nd March 1952, Private Joseph McLaughlin, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-4665), baker from Lake View Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales and 20 Sixth Street, Boolaroo, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 57. CATHOLIC 2-59. 60.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 25th March 1894 to John and Mary McLaughlin; husband of Rachel Jane McLaughlin nee Hawkins (married 1920, New Lambton, N.S.W., died 1967, buried?), Joseph enlisted August 1915 with the 1st Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 28.11.1916 (not stated), 20.6.1918 (trench fever and myalgia - muscle pain).
Joseph returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 18th August 1919.
Mr. McLaughlin’s name has been inscribed on the Teralba Public School Roll of Honour as McLAUGHLAN and the Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour as McLAUGHLAN. Name not inscribed on the Newcastle Operative Bakers' Society Roll of Honour.
I located this Forgotten Digger resting in an unmarked grave, so July 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
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