Simon COFFEY

COFFEY, Simon

    Service Number: 390
    Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    Crematorium Gardens, Garden 2, Site 42
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 390, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 390, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 390, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    23 Sep 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
    13 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion
    14 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion, As acting Sergeant
    1 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 56th Infantry Battalion, Official listed at Sergeant Cook
    13 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In the field. From 56th Battalion. On 6 September 1916 he had reverted down in ranks at his own request
    17 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 390, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to arthritis in the left knee

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Coffey and Harriet Coffey of Roberts Street, Rose Bay, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918 aboard HT Kenilworth Castle disembarking at Durban. On 28 April 1918 he re-embarked on the Field Marshall for Australia then disembarking at Melbourne on 23 May 1918 for onward travel to Sydney, NSW

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

    During 1944c Simon married Catherine Fisher in Petersham, NSW

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