Cecil Francis COUGHLIN

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COUGHLIN, Cecil Francis

Service Number:	2787
Enlisted:	2 October 1916, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1893
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1954, aged 60 years
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-44. 71.
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World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2787, Toowoomba, Queensland
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2787, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2787, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2787, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Mutiple GSW wounds, left hand, left leg, severe), Cecil was invalided home February 1918.
21 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2787, 42nd Infantry Battalion, 1st MD, Medically unfit due to wounding July 1917

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

A Forgotten Digger who suffered during The Great War, resting peacefully but in an unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery.

67 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 2nd February 1954, Private Cecil Francis Coughlin, 42nd Battalion (Reg No-2787), labourer from Mitchell, Queensland and 19 Union Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 60. CATHOLIC 2-44. 71.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134905612 - funeral notice does not state service.

Born at Inverell, New South Wales on the 9th May 1893 to Edward John and Emma Coughlin (MILLER) of Swanbrook, Elsmore via Inverell, New South Wales, Cecil enlisted October 1916 at Toowoomba, Queensland.

Wounded in action - 31.7.1917 (mutiple GSW wounds, left hand, left leg, severe), Cecil was invalided home February 1918, being discharged on the 21st March 1918.

I have not located Mr Coughlin’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.

Cecil had been resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so November 2019 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.

I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to be placed at the gravesite to restore honour and dignity to Mr Coughlin.

Lest We Forget.

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