William CAFFREY

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Service Number:	3270
Enlisted:	16 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birkenhead, Cheshire, Englang, 1883
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Claughton Higher Grade School, England
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3270, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3270, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion
15 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 3270, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3270 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-15

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Arrived in Australia aged 26 years old. Previously served with the English Territorial Forces

Son of Elizabeth Caffrey of Grange Road, West Birkenhead, Cheshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal