John Harold COFFEY

Badge Number: S21824, Sub Branch: Norwood
S21824

COFFEY, John Harold

Service Number: 20917
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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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20917, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
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

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Biography 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