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HOFFMAN, John Cloffer
| Service Number: | 6408 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Port Shields, England , December 1881 |
| Home Town: | Beverley, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
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World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6408, 3rd Field Company Engineers, at Adelaide | |
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| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6408, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6408, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6408, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , SW finger | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 6408 |
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John Coffer Hoffman, a man never forgotten for his unbelievable bravery and courage, risking his life for us to have peace.
Born in Port Shields, England, he later moved to Adelaide, South Australia where he eventually enlisted. On the 9th of October, 1915, at the bright age of 33 and 10/12 years old John enlisted. He married Henrietta Hoffman shortly before enlisting. Standing at 5 foot 4 inches, 134 pounds, with a fair complextion and hair, and blue eyes Hoffman was within all of the criteria to join the army. Furthermore, originally a carpenter, Hoffman apprenticed at "Elliot's" back in his hometown Port Shields, England before enlisting.
He later enrolled in the 3rd Field Company Engineers as a sapper.
He was wounded in the finger at Pozieres on 21 August 1916 but recovered and served through the rest of the war.
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