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COFFEY, Herbert John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 34 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 34, Headquarters Staff, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 34, Headquarters Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 34, Headquarters Staff, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 26 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , Transferred to Military Police Headquartes | |
| 3 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 34, Anzac Provost Corps , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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