Regimental number | 2184 |
Place of birth | Leongatha, Victoria |
School | Christian Brothers College, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | 37 Peel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 133 lbs |
Next of kin | Mr Fogarty, 37 Peel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in the Senior Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 18 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Joseph and Margaret FOGARTY, The Police Station, North Port, Victoria. Native of North Melbourne, Victoria, 19 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined 8th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Wounded in action, 1 December 1915 (bruised shoulder), and admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance; transferred 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 8 December 1915 (shell shock); to HS 'Oxfordshire', 12 December 1915, and admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 15 December 1915; rejoined Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 22 February 1916; taken on strength, 24 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916. Now, 25 August 1916, reported 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 1080408: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FOGARTY James Patrick
Red Cross File No 1080408 |