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COOLAHAN, John Stephen

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	13 December 1915, Casula, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1882
Home Town:	Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), France, 3 May 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery V. D. 23.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Casula, New South Wales
1 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
5 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company
26 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company
8 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, GSW (arm and left shoulder)
27 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Westhoek on 27 September 1917. This officer by great exertions got his machine guns and ammunition into position in rear of the objective as soon as it had been gained. He showed splendid pluck and cheerfulness under very heavy shell fire. Through his grip of the situation he rendered great assistance to the battalion commander by the splendid manner in which he handled his guns, and by his promptitude in opening fire, which prevented the counter attack from developing.
29 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, 2nd occasion
29 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned Dernancourt/Ancre
3 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-03

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