Walter COFFEY

COFFEY, Walter

Service Number: 2016
Enlisted: 4 October 1915, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Divisional Signal Company
Born: Lefroy, Tasmania, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Jockey
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World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2016, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
3 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 2016, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney
3 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 2016, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
27 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 6th Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

12 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From Howitzer Brigade

World War 1 Service

26 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From 2nd Cyclist Battalion
20 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Signal Company, From 1st Cyclist Battalion
25 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2016, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Orange, NSW

Served his jockey apprenticeship with J. Sall

Next of kin given as his sister Mabel Fisher of Stanley Street, Warrnambol, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on the 2 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal