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CAFFERY, John Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6728 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 8 November 1899 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butter Factory Worker |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1972, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot A3, Row 1, Grave 51 Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6728, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6728, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6728, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6728, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Spinal Meningitis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick Caffery and Sarah Caffery nee Lenchan of Holberton Street, Toowoomba, QLD
Disembarked at Durbin, South Africa as sick. Re-embarked on 9 February 1917 aboard HT Nestor to return to Australia disembarking on 9 March 1917 as invalid
Medal: British War Medal
On 31 January 1931 John married Lurline Margaret Patfield in QLD