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CAFFERY, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 312 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 26 June 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Catholic area, Monumental Lawn 24, Grave 921. Interred on 29 June 1977 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 312, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 312, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 312, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Machine Gun Company, From 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 312, 22nd Machine Gun Company, Wound to the back. Invalided to England on 19 October 1917 aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From wounding | |
| 3 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 312, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Second occasion. Multiple wounds to both legs, back and hand | |
| 19 Oct 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 312, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Caffery and Anne Caffery of Bourke, NSW
Next of kin given as his brother Jack Caffery of Albury, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 31 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 1st February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal