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COFFEY, Stephen Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX31538 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1942, Bellevue, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boulder, Western Australia, 26 November 1922 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman & Packer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Tarakan, Tarakan, Borneo, 18 June 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Plot 29, Row A, Grave 12 Roll of Honour - Fremantle, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 14 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Private, WX31538, Bellevue, Western Australia | |
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| 14 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX31538, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Apr 1945: | Embarked Private, WX31538, Embarked at Fremantle, WA. Disembarked at Morotai on 16 April 1945 | |
| 18 Jun 1945: | Involvement Private, WX31538, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Jun 1945: | Wounded Private, WX31538, Shell wounds to the neck, chest and forehead |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Stephen and Myra Gladys Coffey of Fremantle, WA
He was employed in the confectionary industy