John Patrick CAFFERY

CAFFERY, John Patrick

Service Number: 6728
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
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World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6728, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
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

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Biography 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