FOLEY, Francis Joseph
| Service Number: | 4431 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ullina, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ullina, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 1, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4431, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4431, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4431, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4431, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Francis Joseph (Joe) Foley enlisted in the AIF at Melbourne on 24 January 1916.
He left Australia on 29 March 1916 and arrived in England about six weeks later. After a period of training, he left England and arrived in France on 6 September 1916, where he joined the 22nd Battalion on 20 September 1916.
The northern winter of 1916 – 1917 was one of the worst on record and he endured many weeks in and out of the front line during those winter months in France.
His first major battle was also his last, and he was killed in action during the 2nd Division’s attack on Bullecourt on 3 May 1917.
Private Foley was originally reported missing, along with many others, however his remains were subsequently recovered and identified after the war.
He was later re-interred in the Queant Road Cemetery at Buissy, France in 1920.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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