Edward Joseph LARACY

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Edward Joseph LARACY

Edward Joseph Laracy Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Baker
Enlisted
14-August-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
21
Status
Single
Service No
3820
Rank
Private
Unit
9th Battalion, 12th Reinforcements
Embarked
30-December-1915
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Egypt, Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of disease
Date
18-November-1917
Place
Military Hospital, Sutton Veny
Cemetery or Memorial
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

Cousin of 121 Lieutenant Francis Patrick Laracy MC (drowned at sea) and 2835 Private Thomas Laracy (not on Roll of Honour).

 

Edward Laracy arrived in Egypt in February 1916 and transferred to the Army Service Corps 4th Field Bakery. In France in March he developed bronchitis and was admitted to hospital in Rouen, then transferred to the Kitchener Military Hospital in Brighton. He was discharged in May to duty at the Larkhill Camp bakery. In October he became seriously ill with pleurisy and died from pneumonia.