John CAFFERY

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Service Number:	3603
Enlisted:	5 May 1917, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Bexhill, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 18 January 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Catholic area, Lawn 4, Grave 1887 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

5 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left leg. Invalided to England aboard HS Caesarea on 2 April 1918
23 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left ear. Invalided to England on 27 August 1918
13 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion
17 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Walter Caffery and Mary Anne Caffery of Bexhill, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal