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FOGARTY, Mervyn
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3519, 89 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Taringa, Queensland, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Gascon off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Rev. L. Warner officiated Panel 11, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Brisbane War Memorial, Kangaroo Point St Mary's Old Boys Association Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3519, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 89, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 89, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 24 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In the field | |
| 29 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 3519, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3519 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Artillery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-05-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Jessie Amelia Fogarty of 500 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, QLD; brother of Vivienne May Fogarty and Jessie Amelia Fogarty
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets for 3 years
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