Eugene Charles DUFFY

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DUFFY, Eugene Charles

Service Number:	2062
Enlisted:	2 December 1915, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1891
Home Town:	Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling:	Croydon State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 June 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Flanders Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	"The Monument" Cloncurry, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Cloncurry & District Honour Board, Cloncurry War Memorial, Croydon War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2062, 41st Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland.
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2062, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2062, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Born and educated at Croydon.

Son of the late Eugene DUFFY and Elizabeth DUFFY of Cloncurry.

Englisted from Cloncurry 25th November 1914, went to camp in Brisbane, 12 December 1915. Sailed 10 July 1916 for Engand, and went to Salisbury Plain to complete training. Went to France Feb 2nd 1917 into line at Armentieres, through fighting, an dkilled in action whilst sleeping behind lines at Messines June 26th 1917.

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