Emmett Xavier COFFEY

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Service Number:	3360
Enlisted:	20 November 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 11 May 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic area B, Grave 82
Memorials:	Crookwell War Memorial

20 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3360, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3360, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3360, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Sydney
10 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3360, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to infantile paralysis

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Son of Timoth Joseph Coffey and Mary Coffey of the Commercial Hotel, Crookwell, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 18 March 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 13 April 1917

Medal: British War Medal

During 1923c Emmet married Mary E. Warn in Randwick, NSW