Joseph Vincent FOLEY

FOLEY, Joseph Vincent

    Service Numbers: 1717, 11
    Enlisted: 14 August 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dublin, Ireland, 29 May 1890
    Home Town: Atherton, Tablelands, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Broncho Pneumonia, Acute Alcoholism and Malaria, Brisbane, Qld., 15 December 1947, aged 57 years
    Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1914: Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1717
    8 Sep 1914: Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1717, Pte Foley was aboard the Troopship " Kanowna" which was to have taken part in the mission to capture German New Guinea however this did not eventuate.
    1 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11, 15th Infantry Battalion
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 11, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    15 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 11, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Pte Foley sustained a GSW to the thigh requiring hospitalisation and leading to his transport back to Australia on the "Kanowna" on 20 Oct 1915
    12 Apr 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 11, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Nicholas Egan

    He was born Joseph Foley not Joseph Vincent Foley but he always used Joseph Vincent Foley. It is believed the "Vincent" may have had something to do with his priesthood days.

     

    His sister and he were gifted to the Catholic Church and both were sent to Australia. His sister stayed with the nuns in Lismore NSW and took the name Sister Vincent as well. Once in Australia he was free and left the priesthood.

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