Philip Joseph CAFFERY

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Service Number:	6056
Enlisted:	23 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia, 17 June 1892
Home Town:	Nanango, South Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Headstone inscription reads: In God's care Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Colinton War Memorial, Nanango War Memorial

23 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6056, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6056, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6056, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6056, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Penetrating wound to the chest and thigh fracturing the femur. Embarked for England on 10 December 1917 aboard HS West Aust
5 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6056, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District following wounding

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Son of Philip Caffery and Mary Ann Caaffery nee Martin of Colinton Valley Line, Brisbane, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1918 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 10 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 21 November 1921 Philip married Alexandra Stephens in QLD