Darcy Wilmot DRISCOLL

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DRISCOLL, Darcy Wilmot

Service Number:	1028
Enlisted:	21 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Recherche Bay, Tasmania, 27 April 1890
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Recherche Bay, Tasmania
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hobart Federal Street Mission Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1028, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1028, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

Darcy Wilmot Driscoll

Son of Thomas and Henrietta Driscoll of Recherche Bay, Tasmania

Darcy Wilmot Driscoll (service number 1028) landed at Anzac Cove at 8.30 pm on 25th April, 1915 from the troopship "Australand", via destroyer and life boat. He was wounded in this battle. In April of 1917 he was on the western front and participated in the battles at the Somme, Mouquet Farm, and Pozieres. Corporal Driscoll of the 15th Battalion was wounded by gunshot to the right knee and left calf - he was repatriated to the U.K.
From 1919-1923 he sat for 5 merchant officer exams, and became a Master of Foreign-Going ships in 1923.

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