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FOLEY, Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 392 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Glendree, Tulla, County Clare, Ireland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mallanganee, Kyogle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Glendree National School, County Clare, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No know grave Panel 4. Originally buried at Shrapnel Gully but grave later lost, Chaplain Father Bergin officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bonalbo & District War Memorial, Bottle & Tunglebung Creeks Bonalbo District HR, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mallanganee WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 392, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 392, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 392, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 392, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 392 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 19 years. Residential address at the time of enlistment was Mallanganee, near Casino, NSW
Son of Patrick and Johannah Foley of Tulla, County Clare, Ireland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to coming to Australia he was working on his family's farm in Ireland
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