Raymond Thomas DUFFY

Regimental number172
Place of birthTea Tree, Tasmania
SchoolTeaTree State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrighton Juntion, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Nicholas Duffy, Brighton Junction, Tasmania
Enlistment date14 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 April 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialTrois-Abres Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 10), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Nicholas and Mary DUFFY, Tea Tree, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 171 Pte Kenneth DUFFY, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 October 1917; 3645 Pte Ormond Clarence DUFFY, 26th Bn, killed in action, 5 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal