Charles Hugh COFFEY

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Service Number:	7159
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1893
Home Town:	Braemar, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 13 January 1943, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mittagong (Rowes Hill) Cemetery Row 12, Grave 14
Memorials:	Men of Colo Vale District Roll of Honour

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7159, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 7159, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 7159, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
23 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 5th Field Artillery Brigade
26 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
4 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 7159, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Henry Coffey and Minnie M. Coffey of 'Outlet', Braemar, NSW. Brother of Anna Coffey

Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on the 11 June 1919

Medals: 19141-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Charles married Margaret Irene Smith in Mittagong, NSW