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COFFEY, John Harold
Personal Details
Service Number: | 20917 |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 15 August 1892 |
Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Journalist |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20917, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20917, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20917, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 20917 | |
6 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20917, Discharged at the 4th Military District from Australian Corps of Signal |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlisting he was living in Melbourne, Victoria
Son of Patrick John Coffey of Murray Street, Gawler, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 22 November 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 6 January 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal