COFFEY, Thomas Bernard
| Service Numbers: | 454, W73170 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chewton, Victoria, Australia, 25 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 44th Infantry Battalion, Australia | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 2 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 44th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, SW to jaw | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 10 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 454, 44th Infantry Battalion, Awarded Meritorious Service Medal 3 June 1919. Returned to Australia 3 September 1919 |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, W73170 |
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Meritorious Service Medal citation:
'This Warrant Officer has at all times shown great persistence and capacity in getting ammunition and rations to the forward troops and never failed to pay daily visits to Battalion Headquarters or forward Companies in the line, for the purpose of ascertaining the situation and requirements of the troops, frequently taking charge of parties in exceptionally difficult and hazardous circumstances, to ensure that supplies would reach their proper destination. These journeys usually during active operations. His work at all times has been marked by energy, courage and resource. He came from Western Australia with the original Battalion as C.Q.M.S. and was promoted to R.Q.M.S. in December, 1916. With the exception of a short period, when he was in hospital as a result of wounds received in action, he has been with the Battalion during the whole of its operations in France.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 113
Date: 6 October 1919
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