DOOLEY, Bernard Raphael
| Service Numbers: | 1823, 11823 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Latrobe Convent School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 29), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1823, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 11823, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 11823, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1823, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW left hand | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1823, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1823 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
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From 52nd Battalion AIF
Sgt Bernard Raphael DOOLEY was a single bank clerk from Ulverstone. He had served five years in the militia pre-war and on enlistment he went into the 4th reinforcements for the 12th Bn. Her served at Gallipoli and was promoted to lance corporal. In March 1916, back in Egypt, he was transferred to the 52nd Bn and promoted to corporal, then to sergeant as they sailed to France. At Mouquet Farm on 3-4 September 1916, he was badly wounded in the hand and transferred to the 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux, then onto England. He then attended a School of Instruction for NCOs before returning to the 52nd in late April 1917. At Messines, he was shot through the neck when he was part of a bombing party raiding a group of German soldiers taking cover in shell holes. Although a witness stated his body was recovered and buried, it was later lost.
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