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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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.