Francis James CAFFERY

CAFFERY, Francis James

Service Number: 5055
Enlisted: 24 January 1916, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town: Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Draper
Died: Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation service held on 14 May 1962 and ashes interred in the Boronia area, Wall X, Niche 230 and held in perpetuity for all time
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Francis Caffery and Jane Caffery nee Bailey of Barkley Street, Ararat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on the 29 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Francis married Chrystabel Baxter in Victoria