Martin COFFEY

Martin COFFEY Update Details

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Service Number:	5237
Enlisted:	11 October 1915, Enlisted at sea
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

11 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5237, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at sea
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5237, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5237, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
7 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), At Fern Hill
10 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5237, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to premature senility

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Next of kin given as his sister A.F. Wright nee Coffey of Belvoir Street, Surry Hills, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on the 4 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal