DUFTY  J.E.D.

Given Names:  John Edward

               

Service Number:  32236

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, 24th reinforcements                                                           

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  267862

 

Age:  31 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Bank Official                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  33-34¾ In

Hair:  Scanty Brown

Eyes:  Blue/Grey

Complexion:  Pale

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Ethel Annie Dufty

Marley', Princess Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  14/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Plassy   

Embarked:  17/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  30/4/1919

Unit:  2nd Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  30/5/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  63364

Victory Medal:  61244

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/6/1884

Place:  Bradford, England                        

Father:  Pearce DUFTY                           

Mother:  Mary PEARCE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1908     

Place:             

Spouse: Ethel Annie ROBINSON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/9/1970                            

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V82397                                                  

Date Enlisted:   20/12/1939                                                     

Date Discharged:  30/10/1943

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

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