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BODDY, Francis James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 273 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 6 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 5 February 1962, aged 67 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland [James Francis BODDY] Grave Location: 15-4-17/18, Portion 15/Section 4/Graves 17, by 18; buried together with: Anne Mary Boddy, Mary Ann & Thomas McCann. |
| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 1, Enoggera Logan & Albert 9th Battalion Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 273, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 273, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 273, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 273, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 273, 26th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (neck) | |
| 2 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 273, 26th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nathan Boddy
Son of James Francis Boddy and Jane Corrigan
Wounded in Action on 03 Oct 1918 by a Gun Shot Wound to the neck during the 26th Battalion's capture of Lormisset, part of an operation to breach the Beaurevoir Line
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