DOUGHERTY, James Oakwell
| Service Number: | 3317 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 October 1965, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Citizens of Sandgate Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3317, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3317, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3317, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Oakwell Dougherty was the son of Robert John and Rose Dougherty who lived at Sandgate, Queensland. The father Robert (aged 50), James, and his brother Victor all enlisted in Queensland within a period of a month in mid-1915. The father and two sons all enlisted with the 9th Battalion AIF. They all managed to get themselves transferred to the 49th Battalion AIF in Egypt on the same day, 29 February 1916.
The 49th Battalion was involved in the very heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm in early September 1916. Victor was seen to be first wounded and then hit and killed by a shell in No Mans Land during the Australian attack. It was stated by witnesses that James was wounded by the same shell.
James was evacuated to England with a shrapnel wound to his right thigh. He recovered and was sent back to France for a short time but was eventually returned to Australia in November 1917 due to his wound and hernia problems.
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