6749
FOGARTY, Joseph Francis
| Service Number: | 6748 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1916, at Broken Hill |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Terowie, South Australia, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Stepney, South Australia, Australia, 18 August 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 12, Site No: 4 |
| Memorials: | Terowie Institute Honour Board, Terowie Public School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6748, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Broken Hill | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6748, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6748, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Joseph Francis Fogarty was born in Terowie South Australia and was a Roman Catholic. He then moved to Broken Hill in New South Wales where he became a labourer. He was single when he enlisted at the age of 23. His mother Mrs E Fogarty was his next of kin who lived in Cockburn, South Australia.
Fogarty enlisted at Broken Hill on 7 September 1916. He embarked from Adelaide on the HMAT Afric on 7 November 1916, making landfall at Plymouth in England on 9 January 1917. He remained in England through most of 1917 before the decision was made to return him to Australia for medical dischargem due to defective vision. He embarked from England on 25 August 1917 and was discharged from the AIF on 9 November 1917.
Few details are known of Fogarty's later life. He died at Stepney in 1946, aged just 52.
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