Henry Walter James DUFFY

DUFFY, Henry Walter James

Service Number: QX53395
Enlisted: 13 April 1943
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 47th Infantry Battalion
Born: Maryborough Qld., 10 December 1918
Home Town: Bauple, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 5 September 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
N B 10
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB, Tiaro Shire Honour Roll WW2, Tiaro War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, QX53395
13 Apr 1943: Enlisted
13 Apr 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX53395, 47th Infantry Battalion, Papua New Guinea
5 Sep 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Michael James Duffy and Bertha Duffy

Husband of Joyce Isabelle Duffy, of Kenilworth, Queensland.

HE HATH FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. ALWAYS DEARLY REMEMBERED

A/CPL. H. DUFFY
DIES IN ACTION
Word has been received by Mrs. J. Duffy, 'Ocean View,' Bauple, that her husband, Acting-Corporal Henry Duffy, was killed in action in New Guinea on September 3. A/Cpl. Duffy, who is the second son of Mrs. A. Mohr and the late Mr. M. Duffy, Gundiah, was well known in the Gundiah, Bauple and Kingaroy districts.

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