John Joseph LEAHY

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LEAHY, John Joseph

Service Number:	1997
Enlisted:	26 January 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 19 April 1889
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	Gympie State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Iron monger/Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 9 June 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord III. C. 215
Memorials:	Anakie War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1997, Rockhampton, Queensland
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1997, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1997, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
8 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1997, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW (leg and abdomen)

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

47th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 28 and the son of Cornelius [died 1891]and Katherine Leahy, nee McAuliffe-she died 1949 - of Ruby Vale, Queensland.

He is remembered on the grave of his mother at Rubyvale Cemetery, Rubyvale, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia - [A small cemetery in the gemfields just west of Emerald, adjacent to Sapphire, about 300 km along the Capricorn highway running from Rockhampton to Longreach.]

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