Ambrose James COFFEY

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COFFEY, Ambrose James

Service Number:	2004
Enlisted:	1 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maitland, South Australia, 7 February 1887
Home Town:	Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Ardrossan, South Australia, 20 December 1922, aged 35 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Maitland Cemetery, Yorke Peninsula, S.A.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Maitland War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2004, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 2004, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 2004, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
19 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Taken prisoner while wounded. Interned to POW camp at Ofgl, Schneidemhl, Dulmen, Germany
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2004, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the arm and taken Prisoner of War
22 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2004, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 2004, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Peter Coffey and Mary Coffey of Maitland, South Australia.

Brother of Michael James Coffey, Mary Agnes Coffey, Thomas Winifried Francis Coffey, Catherine Anne Coffey, Ellen Terese Coffey, Margaret Hannah Coffey, Peter Augustine Coffey, John Charles Coffey, Denis Jerome Coffey, Cecelia Maitland Coffey, Patrick Joseph Twosaints Coffey and Magdlan Gertrude Coffey

Comenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on the May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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