Edward Joseph COGHLAN

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COGHLAN, Edward Joseph

Service Number:	389
Enlisted:	18 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 3 December 1891
Home Town:	Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cleaner
Died:	Workplace accident, Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1926, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-21. 71.
Memorials:	Hamilton St Mary's Marist Bros' School Newcastle Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 389, 30th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 389, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 389, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
16 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 389, 30th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
17 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 389, 30th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

94 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 8th October 1926, Private Edward Joseph Coghlan, 30th Battalion (Reg No-389), cleaner from Church Street, Mayfield, New South Wales and 61 Roe Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 34. CATHOLIC 1-21. 71.

Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 3rd December 1891 to Michael Patrick and Annie Coghlan; husband of Mary Ann Coghlan nee Reid (married 1920, Waratah, N.S.W., died 1979, 53 years a widow), Edward enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.

Admitted to hospital 2.8.1916 (conjunctivitis), 5.11.1916 (sore feet, exhaustion), 15.2.1918 (scabies), and wounded in action - 16.5.1918 (gassed), Edward returned home May 1919, being discharged on the 17th July 1919.

Mr Coghlan’s name has been inscribed on the St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School (Newcastle) Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 9th March 1919, 160 names inscribed) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name possibly inscribed on the Tighes Hill-Australian Holy Catholic Guild Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of George’s death was reported in the coroner’s report as accidental death in a workplace accident.

There is no indication on Mr Coghlan’s headstone plaque to tell us of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label, kindly supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas, in remembrance of his duty and sacrifice for God, King and Country.

Younger brother Michael George (12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Reg No-20921, born 1893, DOW 3.5.1917 - article134867195) memorialised at the cemetery.

Older brother Richard Patrick (56th Battalion, Reg No-3130, born 1886, died 1950, Field of Mars Cemetery, Sydney, N.S.W. - also served 1st A.I.F.

Younger brother Francis Cornelius, born 1897, also enlisted, but was rejected? (no Reg No).
Lest We Forget.

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