James CAFFREY

CAFFREY, James

Service Number: 979
Enlisted: 9 March 1915, Mildura, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farrier
Died: Kerang, Victoria, Australia, 3 October 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Swan Hill Memorial Park
Memorials: Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Mildura, Victoria
10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
16 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Caffrey and Elizabeth Caffrey nee Savage of Pine Avenue, Mildura, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarked on the 17 April 1919

During 1922c James married Maude Irene Walsh in Victoria