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COOLAHAN, John Stephen
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 13 December 1915, Casula, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1882 |
Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Died of wounds (POW of Germany), France, 3 May 1918, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Casula, New South Wales | |
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1 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
8 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
5 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
26 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
8 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, GSW (arm and left shoulder) | |
29 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, 2nd occasion | |
29 Apr 1918: | Imprisoned Dernancourt/Ancre | |
3 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-03 |
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