FOLEY  J.L.

Given Names:  James Leonard

               

Service Number:  1600

Unit:  24th Battalion, 1st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Blacksmith                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¼ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  35-38 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  29/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward Foley

Cadow Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                             

Embarkation Date:  25/6/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ceramic A40

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19030

British War Medal:  15024

Victory Medal:  14964

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1/9/1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Edward FOLEY                           

Mother:  Eliza McGILROY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 24/8/1916                          

Place: Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France    

Burial:  No known grave,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Landed at Gallipoli

Killed by a shell

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 312686

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary