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Roddy, Francis Augustus

Date of birth:
September 21st, 1891 (Dublin, Ireland)
Date of death:
March 15th, 1944 (Hospital Carrier St Julien)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Bari
Plot: VI. Row: C. Grave: 4.
Service number:
27370
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Lt. Col. Francis A. Roddy was Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Public Health (DPH). During the WW1, he was an RAMC officer serving with the Enniskillen Fusiliers as part of the 108th Field Ambulance with the 36th (Ulster) Division. Roddy was injured early during the Somme Offensive in July 1916.

He served as senior medical officer on board of the Hospital Carrier St Julien from 1939 to 1944.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
H.M.H.S. Hospital Carrier St Julien, Royal Navy
Awarded on:
August 24th, 1944
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Clasps: Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919 and Waziristan 1919-1923
India General Service Medal (1909 IGSM)

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