DOHERTY, Matthew
| Service Number: | 479 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 24 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Gilles Plains, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Mary's (Catholic) School, Lower North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bomb wounds, France, 28 August 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 479, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 479, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 479, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 479, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 479 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-28 |
Matthew marriage and children.
When Matthew Doherty was born on 24 August 1883 in Adelaide, South Australia, his father, Maurice Joseph Doherty , was 37 and his mother, Margaret Jane `nee Bushby, was 34. He married Mary Ellen Burke on 5 March 1908, St Mary's Church, Lower North Adelaide, South Australia. They had five children during their marriage, Ellen 1908, Ida 1909, Leonard 1910, Winnifred 1913, and Kathleen 1916. He died as a young father 4 days after his 33rd birthday on 28 August 1916 in France at the age of 33, and was buried in Picardie, Warloy Ballion Communal Cemetery Somme, France. Sadly he wasn't to meet the last daughter Kathleen as she was born three months after his departure to Egypt 1916. Ironically his only son Leonard was to enlist in WWII and lose his life aged 34 in Papua New Guinea a few weeks short of peace being declared. His family were to move to Kapunda to live after the death of Matthew in France.
Submitted 11 April 2022 by SHaron Legierksi
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Matthew DOHERTY was born in Adelaide , South Australia on 24th August, 1883
His parents were Maurice & Margaret Jane DOHERTY
He married Mary Ellen BURKE on 5th March, 1908 in South Australia
Matthew died of wounds on 28th August, 1916
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His son Leonard Matthew DOHERTY died in Bougainville during WW2 on 20th April, 1945
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