Francis Joseph O'DOHERTY

O'DOHERTY, Francis Joseph

Service Number: 358
Enlisted: 5 March 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Hollywood, Perth, Western Australia, 2 January 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Crematorium Rose Garden, Garden T, Grave 0226
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World War 1 Service

5 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 358, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 358, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 358, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
10 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 358, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Hugh O'Doherty and Mary Cecilina O'Doherty nee Clarke of Nhill, Victoria

Apprenticed to Arnold Burnes of Nhill, Victoria for 5 years

Husband of vy Evangeline O'Doherty nee Mead of Parker Street, Perth, WA. Francis and Ivy married during 1914c in West Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 7 April 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal