Daniel Francis COFFEY MID

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Service Number:	428
Enlisted:	28 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kewell, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Memorials:

28 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 428, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 428, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 428, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 39th Infantry Battalion
11 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 39th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 31 December 1918, page 15228, position 26 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1919, page 880, position 49
2 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 428, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Coffey and Catherine Coffey nee Almond of Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on the 17 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal