Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Geraghty, William Joseph Service Number 3056
Died of Wounds 23 August 1918 Australian Field Ambulance, France
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NAME Geraghty, William Joseph
SERVICE NO 3056
UNIT 3rd Battalion/ 10th Rienf.
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 5 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Charters Towers, Qld
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Clerk
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 4 Aug 1915
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Warwick Farm, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Joseph Geraghty Woy Woy, Mother;- Charlotte
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height-5’6¼”. Weight-130lbs. Chest-35”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES 2 Jul 1917- Lewis Gun School 23 Jul 17- Temp Corporal 11 - 19 Feb 1918- leave Paris
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 11 Aug 1916- Tonsillitis – 26 Aug 1916. 2 Mar 1917- Influenza- Hosp & Convalesce Eng + Furlo 9 Mar 1918 – Gassed, eventually Adm Bethnal Green Mil Hosp Eng- + Furlo London. Rejoined unit 16 Jul 1918 23 Aug 1918- penetrating shell wound abdomen,
DIED 23 Aug 1918-3rd Aust Field Ambulance France
BURIED Morcourt Church Cem Extension ESE of Corbie, France Re-interred;- Heath Cem, nr Harbonnieres ESE of Corbie.
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-12442, British War Medal-21108, Victory Medal-21032. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-350406.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 Leather Vest/ 3 Wallets, 2 Purse German Coins, Letters, Cards, Photos, Note-book, 3 Discs, Badge, Piece of Shrapnel, 3 Bullets/
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Father/
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT Buried Heath Cem. Plot 7a Row F Gve 6
NEWSPAPER REPORTS
Gosford Times 11th April 1918
According to advice received by Mrs J Geraghty, Woy Woy, her son Corporal W J Geraghty, has been wounded and gassed..He was formerly a clerk in the employ of T A Edison, Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald 12th September 1918 pg. 6
GERAGHTY;- Killed in action on August 23, 1918, Corporal William Joseph Geraghty, 1st Batt. Aged 24 years, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J Geraghty, Woy Woy, brother of Sergt. H J Geraghty, on active service.
Sydney Morning Herald 23rd August 1919 pg. 15
IN MEMORIAM On Active Service
GERAGHTY;- In loving memory of our dear son ans brother Corporal W J Geraghty, killed in France, August 23, 1918. inserted by his sorrowing parents, brothers and sisters GERAGHTY;- A tribute to the memory of our old chum. Corporal William Joseph Geraghty, 1st Batt., who was killed in action in France, August 23, 1918. inserted by his fellow employees. Tho-mas A Edison, Limited. GERAGHTY;-In loving memory of Cpl. William J Geraghty (Billy), killed Villers Bretonneux, France August 23, 1918. He sleeps in a hero's grave. Inserted by Mrs A Lowder and family, Mar-rickville.
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