James Clohesy DORAN

DORAN, James Clohesy

Service Number: 3038
Enlisted: 2 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Optician
Died: Died of wounds, Gueudecourt, France, 23 February 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

2 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3038, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
6 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 3038, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 3038, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt
6 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3038, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm
15 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), France
21 Feb 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3038, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Shell wounds sustained in the trenches near Gueudecourt, France. Later died of wounds 23 February 1917.

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Embarkation Roll incorrectly records middle given name as Cholsey.