Simon COFFEY

COFFEY, Simon

Service Number: 390
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Pioneer Battalion
Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Died: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
Crematorium Gardens, Garden 2, Site 42
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World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 390, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 390, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 390, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
23 Sep 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
13 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion
14 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion, As acting Sergeant
1 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 56th Infantry Battalion, Official listed at Sergeant Cook
13 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In the field. From 56th Battalion. On 6 September 1916 he had reverted down in ranks at his own request
17 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 390, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to arthritis in the left knee

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Coffey and Harriet Coffey of Roberts Street, Rose Bay, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918 aboard HT Kenilworth Castle disembarking at Durban. On 28 April 1918 he re-embarked on the Field Marshall for Australia then disembarking at Melbourne on 23 May 1918 for onward travel to Sydney, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1944c Simon married Catherine Fisher in Petersham, NSW