Francis Foley

1881-1945

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37617

About

Born in Australia

20 November 1881
Parents

Mother

Elizabeth Foley

Father

Daniel Foley

Settled in New Zealand

1905
Live

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Christina Foley

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 63

28 June 1945

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 106/0041009, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Francis Foley (1881-1945)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/280