Benjamin DUFFY

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DUFFY, Benjamin

Service Number:	3306
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Whittlesea, Whittlesea, Victoria
Schooling:	Whittlesea State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Porter
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 3 July 1916
Cemetery:	Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier IV D 8
Memorials:	Whittlesea Memorial Arch, Whittlesea War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3306, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3306, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3306, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Margaret DUFFY - Enlisted and served as Ben Duffy

I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY COME UNTO ME AND REST

On Active Service.
DUFFY.— Killed in action on the 3rd July, Private Ben Duffy, loved second son of James and Margaret Duffy, and loving brother of Henry (Murrumbeena) , Hannah and Effie (St. KiLda). Rachel (Black Rock), Victor, Walter and Jessie (of Whittlesea), aged 25 years 5 months.
' Our soldier boy'.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends.

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