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Duffy, Raymond Thomas

Born 30^th October 1898 Tea Tree Tasmania the son of Nicholas and Mary Duffy (nee Chatters) a labourer he embarked Hobart 1^st July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He died 16^th April 1917 at the 2^nd Casualty Clearing Station France from gunshot wounds to the head chest, left and right thigh and left arm received at Armentieres and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France

His brother Pte Ormond Clarence Duffy (No 3645) was killed in action 5^th August 1916 and is commemorated in the  Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux,

News has been received at Brighton Junction that Private Raymond Duffy of the 40th Battalion, had died of wounds received in France on or about the 16th April. Private Duffy was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Duffy of the Railway Department at Brighton Junction.  Mr. Duffy had four sons fighting for King and Country, two of whom have been killed in action.

The Mercury 30^th April 1917

         Photo Courtesy Jim Rouse jim@40th-bn.org

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