George Denis COFFEY

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Service Number:	6802
Enlisted:	6 February 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grassdale, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Henty State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia , 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Anglican Section, Row C4, Grave 0056
Memorials:	Adelaide ES&A Bank WW1 Honour Roll, Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, Sydney (ANZ) English, Scottish and Australian Bank Great War Roll of Honour

6 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6802, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 6802, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 6802, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
6 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 27th Battalion
8 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6802, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District having returned to Australia at his own expense

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Son of James Coffey and Adelaide Coffey nee Whittaker of Mentone, Victoria

Returned to Australia on the 30 September 1919 aboard SS Sonoma

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 11 January 1921 George married Constance Elizabeth Dumas in the the Crafers Church of Epiphany, SA