His story
John Henry Foley was a chainman who enlisted at Brisbane in 1916. His family connection was with Kew, Victoria: a 1917 death notice placed his parents, Edward and Eliza, at 3 Foley Street.
Foley served in Egypt and France with the Australian veterinary services, attaining the rank of Corporal with the 3rd Australian Mobile Veterinary Section. The service-paper review records his death from acute nephritis at Netley on 26 October 1917. He was buried in Netley Military Cemetery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Australian
- Place of birth
- Kew, Victoria (biographical reconstruction)
- Occupation
- Chainman
- Residence recorded
- Brisbane, Queensland when he enlisted in 1916; family at 3 Foley Street, Kew, Victoria in a 1917 death notice
- Family
- Son of Edward and Eliza FOLEY of Kew, Victoria
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Corporal
- Service number
- 717
- Corps or service
- Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 3rd Australian Mobile Veterinary Section
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 26 October 1917
- Age
- 26
- Place of death
- Netley, England
- Recorded cause
- Acute nephritis
- Cemetery or memorial
- Netley Military Cemetery
Connected men
- Oswald Alexander BARRAlso buried at Netley Military Cemetery
- Joseph LUND( ALIAS ARMSTRONG)Also buried at Netley Military Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- FOLEY BIOGRAPHICAL RECONSTRUCTION — SERVICE FILE AND NEWSPAPER NOTICES
- Australian War Memorial record
- CWGC war dead search
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “John Henry Foley”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/john_henry_foley/.
Contribute information
Can you establish Foley's civil birth entry or identify the complete service file and the precise Netley hospital named in the original papers?