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O'FLAHERTY, Andrew
| Service Number: | 2917 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1915, Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crystal Brook, South Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Crystal Brook, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Died: | Port Pirie Hospital, South Australia, 8 September 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia Section CC, Lot 119, Grave 2. Interred on 9 September 1950. Father Carmody officiated |
| Memorials: | Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2917, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2917, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2917, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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This soldier suffered greatly during almost 3 and half years of service. Only two motnhs after joining the 50 battalion in the field Andrew is wounded in the abdomen from a shell burst. This would become the first of 4 wounds he would receive whilst on active service. On the 23rd of April he was gassed and hospitalised. His third wound was in the buttocks and required treatment in England. By the summer of 1918 one could assume the war had become too much for Andrew and he shot himself in the left foot fracturing three toes in the process. This resulted in him being discharged as medically unfit for serivce on the 13th of April 1919.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Dennis O'Flahaerty and Annie O'Flaherty nee Hayes of Tennyson Extension, Port Pirie, SA.
Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 18 February 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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