Francis James CAFFERY

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Service Number:	5055
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 14 May 1962 and ashes interred in the Boronia area, Wall X, Niche 230 and held in perpetuity for all time
Memorials:

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5055, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5055, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5055, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
5 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 8th Battalion at Windmill Hill Camp
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5055, 8th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left shoulder penetrating his chest. Invalided to England 26 August 1918 from Boulogne
12 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5055, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of John Francis Caffery and Jane Caffery nee Bailey of Barkley Street, Ararat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on the 29 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Francis married Chrystabel Baxter in Victoria