Geraghty, William Joseph

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,William Edmund Allen Geraghty, Joseph

Service Number Number 3056 1494 Service Killed in Action23 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds August 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula Australian Field Ambulance, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

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 Medal21032. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-350406.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

1 Leather Vest/ 3 Wallets, 2 Purse German Coins, Letters, Cards, Photos, Notebook, 3 Discs, Badge, Piece of Shrapnel, 3 Bullets/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Father/

REMARKS RED CROSS REPORT NEWSPAPER REPORTS

Buried Heath Cem. Plot 7a Row F Gve 6

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. Thomas 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, Marrickville.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 4002088

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