Edmund Dening DUFFY MM

Edmund Dening DUFFY MM Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

DUFFY, Edmund Dening

Service Number:	15558
Enlisted:	8 November 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	101st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery
Born:	Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1894
Home Town:	Berkeley Vale, Wyong Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ourimbah Public School
Occupation:	Carpenter/Fisherman
Died:	Natural causes, The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1944, aged 50 years
Cemetery:	Wamberal Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

8 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15558, Holsworthy, New South Wales
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 15558, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 15558, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Broodseinde Ridge, At Westhoek... showed great courage and coolness...
14 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 15558, 101st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery

Help us honour Edmund Dening Duffy's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by John Edwards

"DUFFY.- July 31, 1944, at The Entrance, Edmund Denning Duffy, beloved husband of Ada and father of Kenneth and Marjorie, son of Mrs Annie Duffy of Hill Street, Gosford, and the late Charles J. Duffy, brother of Mildred (Mrs Cooper), Millicent (Mrs Shailer), and Ernest (Jim), grandfather of Rodney, and father-in-law of Hilda." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 01 Aug 1944 (nla.gov.au)

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia