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Joseph Frederick O'DOHERTY

Regimental number15878
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolHutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address1 Bath Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 8"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, Hugh O'Doherty, 1 Bath Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in 3rd Light Horse Regiment; discharged (medically unfit).
Enlistment date29 November 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, January 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Ormonde on 2 March 1918
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAnzac Divisional Train
FateDied of disease 9 February 1919
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 226), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Nora O'DOHERTY, 191 Campbell Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Other detailsDied of pneumonia and influenza.
Miscellaneous detailsSee 1238 Joseph Frederick O'DOHERTY for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, O'DOHERTY Joseph Frederick

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