FAHEY, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 2528 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916, Charleville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, 24 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Warra, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Warra State School |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dernacourt, France, 27 March 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Warra War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2528, 47th Infantry Battalion, Charleville, Queensland | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2528, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2528, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2528, 47th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2528 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-27 |
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"...2528 Corporal John Joseph (Jack) Fahey 47th Battalion of Charleville, QLD. Cpl Fahey, aged 21, enlisted on 27 April 1916 and embarked from Brisbane on 19 September 1916 on board HMAT Seang Choon. Cpl Fahey was killed in action on 27 March 1918, in Dernacourt, a village on the River Ancre in France. The 47th Bn, along with the other units of the 12th Brigade and the 13th Brigade held the initial positions around Dernacourt on 27 March 1918, and the next day the Germans launched their first attack on the Australian positions. This was followed by a month of German attacks and Australian counter attacks with both sides suffering large numbers of casualties." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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