Coming Soon.
CAFFERY, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3603 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 5 May 1917, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
Home Town: | Bexhill, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 18 January 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Catholic area, Lawn 4, Grave 1887 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW | |
---|---|---|
2 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
2 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
28 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left leg. Invalided to England aboard HS Caesarea on 2 April 1918 | |
23 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion | |
25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left ear. Invalided to England on 27 August 1918 | |
13 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion | |
17 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
Help us honour John Caffery's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Caffery and Mary Anne Caffery of Bexhill, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal