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FARRY, Gregory
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 710, 373 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1901 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Army Service Corps (AIF WW1) |
| Born: | Mudgee New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Rylestone Public School NSW |
| Occupation: | Skilled Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Altona, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1951, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 710, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 17 Apr 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 710, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 1 May 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 710, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Elands River, Patrol and skirmishes Western and Eastern Transvaal 1901 -1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 710, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Discharged Sydney | |
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| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 373, Army Service Corps (AIF WW1), Enlisted Melbourne allocated to No1 Company 1st Divisional Train AASC at Broadmeadows Camp on 20 August 1914. Promoted rank of Driver to establishment on 5th September 1914 | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 373, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 373, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Returned from Australian Detachment Western Frontier Force Operations against Maadi Tribesman from November 1915 | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Army Service Corps (AIF WW1), Transferred to No4 Company AASC France for duty from 1st Division Train | |
| 5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 373, Army Service Corps (AIF WW1), Bullecourt (First), Trench Fever and Bronchitis in The Field France on three seperate occasions evacuated England for treatment and convalescence Medical Board review reclassified unfit for further service | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 373, Army Service Corps (AIF WW1), Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Old Age and Bronchitis Unit on Discharge 1st Army Service Corps |
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Gregory Francis Farry
Late of Ryleston NSW (1875), Caulfield (1914), Reservoir (1929), and Altona (1951) Victoria.
Served as 710 Lance Corporal 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles
17 April 1901 till 4 May 1902 Transvaal South Africa Boer War awarded Queens South African and Kin's South African Medal with clasp's Transvaal