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From Australian Remembrance Army

Private Alfred George Fogarty (Service No. 614), an Australian World War One veteran who served our nation at Gallipoli, is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now honoured with a plaque recognising their service for Australia.

On 20 September 2025, his plaque was unveiled in Lutwyche Cemetery, along with a further 161 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
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Alfred George Fogarty was born on 10 October 1893 in Jondaryan, Queensland, to Ernest Alfred Fogarty and Mary Jane Fogarty (née Keys). His father, Ernest, died in 1907, and Mary Jane remarried the following year.

Alfred enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Dalby, Queensland, on 11 November 1914, aged 21, giving his occupation as barber and naming his mother, Mary, as next of kin. He embarked for overseas service on 21 December 1914 with the 5th Light Horse Regiment. During the Gallipoli campaign, he was hospitalised with influenza at Mudros in July 1915 and was temporarily transferred to a fleet sweeper before rejoining his regiment later that month.

In January 1916, he was transferred to Headquarters, 1st Australian Division, at Maadi, Egypt. The following year, on 25 December 1916, he disembarked from H.T. Beltana at A.I.F. Headquarters and the Australian Section in Alexandria. On 1 June 1917, he was taken on strength of the 1st Divisional Headquarters from the 5th Light Horse Regiment and later served on duty with Headquarters in France.

On 13 October 1918, Private Fogarty embarked from Havre, France, for return to Australia. He arrived in Australia on 3 December 1918 and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 12 April 1919. His record notes a single period of illness during service—seven days away from his unit in 1915 due to influenza—with no further medical issues recorded.

After his discharge from the AIF in 1919, Alfred lived in Dalby, Queensland, working as a barber. On 28 December 1925, he married Alexandra Bang at St Andrew’s Church, South Brisbane, and they had two sons born between 1924 and 1927. Around this time, Alfred was living in Mackay and working as a labourer. By 1928, he had returned to Dalby, employed as a tractor driver until about 1932.

In later years, he settled in Brisbane, continuing his working life in various trades—recorded as a grader driver in 1937, an engine driver from 1943 to 1949, and a tractor driver between 1954 and 1958.

Private Alfred George Fogarty died at the Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes, Brisbane, on 18 May 1961, aged 67, and was buried in the Anzac Portion 9, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.

After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity has now been restored.

We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget.