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MCCAFFERTY, Thomas Edward

Service Number:	933
Enlisted:	28 December 1915, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1888
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 June 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Flanders Section V, Row C, Grave No 41,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Charlton Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 933, 41st Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 933, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 933, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
26 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 41st Infantry Battalion
25 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 41st Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 41st Infantry Battalion

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