COFFEY, Albert George
| Service Number: | NX115421 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bogan Gate, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 13 October 1914 |
| Home Town: | Griffith, Griffith, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pymble, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 2002, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX115421 | |
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| 23 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, NX115421 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Staff Sergeant Albert George Coffey (Service No:NX15421) enlisted in the Australian Army in September 1942 and was attached to Kembla Coast Artillery when he was Discharged in November 1945.
Albert was born in 1914 in Bogan Gates, Parkes NSW. His father - Joseph William Coffee (b1890 in Moama, NSW) was a Labourer in 1912 in Parkes NSW when he married Cecilia Vincent Flynn (b1892 in Condobolin, NSW). Joseph and Cecilia lived in Moama and Griffiths NSW where Joseph was a Railways Employee - a Fettling Ganger.
Albert was a Labourer in Griffiths NSW when he enlisted in September 1942 and in November in Sydney NSW he married Margaret Lillian Clarke (b1917 in London, England) - Margaret was working in Coogee as a Tailoress and had lived in Griffiths NSW with her family following their immigration in the 1930s.
The couple settled in Sydney NSW, and Albert worked as a Prison Warder and Public Servant. Margaret died in 1996 and Albert in 2002.
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