FOGARTY J.P.

Given Names:  Joseph Patrick

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Unit:  21st Battalion, Headquarters                                                                                   

Rank:  Captain 

Paybook Number:  144502

Age:  27 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Medical Practitioner                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  1 In                     

Weight:  174 Lbs

Chest:  37-41 In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/3/1915

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Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Cecelia Fogarty

Princess Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Osterley

Embarked:  28/9/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/10/1919

Unit:  Australian Army Medical Corps                                                                                             

Rank:  Major

Discharge Date:  5/1/1920                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  22026

British War Medal:  14586

Victory Medal:  14487

Other:    Military Cross, OBE

BIRTH

Date or Year:  24/12/1887

Place:  Hotham, Victoria                          

Father:  Thomas FOGARTY                     

Mother:  Cecelia CULLEN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1916     

Place:  Brompton, England                       

Spouse: Gladys WILLSHEAR

DEATH

Date or Year: 28/6/1954                          

Place: Armadale, Victoria                        

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non military employment 2/6/1919 -2/9/1919

OBE awarded on 3/6/1919 in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war

Military Cross recommendation dated 11/8/1916 for conspicuous and gallant devotion to duty under heavy fire from 20/7/1916 - 2/8/1916 at Pozieres

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

University of Melbourne

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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