CHAFFEY, John Herbert
| Service Number: | 55590 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1918, Hamilton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 1900 |
| Home Town: | Koroit, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yarpturk State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fractured Scull from fall, Warrnambool Public Hospital, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1921 |
| Cemetery: |
Tower Hill (Koroit) Civil Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Mailors Flat Yarpturk State School & District Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 55590, Reinforcements WW1, Hamilton, Vic. | |
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| 23 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 55590, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 55590, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert John CHAFFEY and Alice Elizabeth CHAFFEY nee DORRELL, Koroit, Vic.
CARPENTER KILLED.
WARRNAMBOOL. Sunday.-John Herbert Chaffey, aged 22 years, Carpenter, of Koroit, who was employed on the reconstruction of St. John's Presbyterian Church, fell from the parapet on Saturday, and sustained injuries from which he died in hospital on Sunday morning.
WARRNAMBOOL.
FALL FROM ROOF.
On Saturday a young man named John Herbert Chaffey, aged 21, of Koroit, while working at the new roof of St. John’s Presbyterian Church, fell from the top of the wall, a distance of about 30 feet. He sustained a fracture of the base of the skull, and died at 4 o’clock on Sunday morning. Deceased was a returned soldier.
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