Herbert John COFFEY

COFFEY, Herbert John

Service Number: 34
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Anzac Provost Corps
Born: Sale, Victoria, Australia, 23 November 1888
Home Town: Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 9 February 1929, aged 40 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
West Compartment, Row KS, Grave 165
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Coffey and Elizabeth Coffey nee Cain of Sale, Victoria. Brother of Susan Coffey

Husband of Edith Coffey nee Burnley of Boisdale, Victoria. John and Edith married in Victoria during 1907c but were living apart. Father of Cowan Franklin Coffey

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard Pakeha

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1922c John re-married to Mabel Margaret Snow in Victoria. Father of Dorothy Coffey

 

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