COFFEY, James
Service Number: | 20924 |
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Enlisted: | 3 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Killarney, County Clare, Ireland, 1884 |
Home Town: | Gatton, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 24 June 1943, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Gatton Cemetery Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
3 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20924, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 20924, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 20924, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
4 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Divisional Artillery Details in France | |
21 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 20924, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Shrapnel wound to the right wrist. Invalided from Rouen to England on 24 August 1918 | |
27 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20924, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Jerimiah Coffey and Marguerite Coffey nee Moriarty of Aghadoe, Killarney, Ireland
Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking in Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Elizabeth Coffey nee Redinger of Gatton, QLD. James and Elizabeth married on 13 September 1922