HEFFERNAN, Michael
| Service Number: | 4619 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1915, 16th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 18 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jockey |
| Died: | Guildford, Western Australia, 9 October 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 14th Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcements | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4619, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4619, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 48th Infantry Battalion, WIA France | |
| 22 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 48th Infantry Battalion, per HS Karoola | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4619, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Michael (Mike) was the second of four children of Joh Heffernan (born 1862) and Mary Buckley (born 1864 in Toodyay, WA). John and Mary married in 1886 in Guildford, WA.
Mike was a Jockey living Fremantle with his brother William Benedict, also a Jockey, when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915, serving with 48th Battalion as a Private (Service No: 4619). Mike was WIA in France in 1916 and was Discharged in October 1917. Brother William Benedict also served in the AIF as a Private (Service No: 1872).
Mike married Eva Emily Wells (born 1886 in Guildford WA) in 1912 in Fremantle WA. Returning fro WWI, Mick and Eva lived in Northam WA where Mike initially worked as a Farm Hand, then as a Farmer and later as a Labourer until Eva's death in 1943.
In 1955 Mike married widow (Amy May Coultas (nee Street born 1884 in Adelaide, South Australia). Mike and Amy moved from Maylands in Perth to Guildford WA where Mike worked as a Stock Handler. Amy died in 1963 and Mike in 1968
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