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CONROY, Raymond William
| Service Number: | 14874 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 14874, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 14874, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 14874 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 14874 |
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Raymond William Conroy
Raymond Conroy was a 21-year-old young man who worked as a salesman. He was 1.7m, had blue eyes, was single, had a skin colour of fair and weighed 63.9 kg. As a young man Raymond decided he wanted to go to war to fight for his country. Raymond had a medical examination and got accepted into the AIF first try. Raymond embarked to England on the HMAT Aeneas A60.
Raymond arrived in England in the city of Plymouth in 1916. In England there were two types of camps. Command depots, which were where all the diseased soldiers went and the training camps, where all new soldiers from Australia went. William was sent to the 3rd training camp at Parkhouse because all the engineers went alongside signallers, army service corps and army medical corps were sent to Parkhouse. Raymond remained at Parkhouse for 1 month and then was transferred to E.T.D.P downs in Brightlingsea. There Raymond would stay for 3 months in training until he proceeded to France, in March 1917.
In France Raymond landed in Folkstone. In France his field of company was involved in the Battle of Bullecourt. His duties may have included setting up wires, putting up sign posts, planning of trenches, defensive and gun positions, route maintenance and mapping. They also helped with shower and bathing facilities for the soldiers and made new technology to help soldiers fight. But Raymond wasn’t there long, as he soon returned to England where he changed to 2nd Division Engineering.
William was then granted leave to Paris for a week and a couple of days. After William’s leave he went back to England, where he left for Belgium, to fight on the Heidelberg line, mainly setting up wiring. William then fell sick and all his joints became swollen. William went to hospital in England for 42 days and was then discharged from service on the 16th of August, as he was medically unfit to fight. William returned to Australia on 5th of March 1918 doing a total service of 2 years 146 days for the AIF. William then died a single man and is now buried at the Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia.
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