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Updates for Private Joseph Conway
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30/12/2015 Joseph Conway enlisted in Draperstown.
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 J Conway, Draperstown, is officially reported wounded. He is on the Irish Fusiliers.
30/12/2015 Joseph Conway was the eldest son of Andrew and Kate Conway. Andrew Conway married Catherine Connor on 18th May 1884 in the parish of Magherafelt.
30/12/2015 Joseph Conway was born on 1st January 1886 in Draperstown, County Londonderry.
30/12/2015 The 1901 census lists Joseph as age 16 living with the family at house 65 in Draperstown, County Londonderry. Joseph worked as a seamstress. Both his father and grandfather were tailors.
30/12/2015 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 5th August 1916: Draperstown
30/12/2015 Family: Andrew Conway, Catherine / Kate Conway, Joseph Conway (born 1st January 1886), Ann Conway (born 14th November 1887), Mary Conway (born 14th December 1889), Patrick Conway (born 21st May 1893), Andrew Conway (born 1st March 1895, died 11th July 1901), James Conway (born 20th July 1898), Alice Conway (born 25th April 1900), Andrew Conway (born 30th December 1901), Bernard Conway (born 2nd October 1903, died 1st December 1903).
30/12/2015 Private Joseph Conway was serving the 7th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he was injured.
30/12/2015 Private Conway died of his wounds on 6th July 1916. He was 30 years old.
30/12/2015 Private Conway was buried in Bethune Town Cemetery.
30/12/2015 For much of the First World War, Bethune was comparatively free from bombardment and remained an important railway and hospital centre, as well as a corps and divisional headquarters. The 33rd Casualty Clearing Station was in the town until December 1917.
30/12/2015 The CWGC records Private Joseph Conway as the son of Andrew Conway of Draperstown, Co. Londonderry.
30/12/2015 Joseph’s brother, Lance Corporal Patrick Conway was serving with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment when he was killed in action on Monday 23rd October 1916. He was 23 years old.
30/12/2015 The 1911 census does not list Joseph as living with the family at house 26 in Draperstown, County Londonderry. His father was a clothes dealer.
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