Albert Joseph (Berite) COFFEY

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Service Number:	4780
Enlisted:	19 April 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

19 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4780, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 4780, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 4780, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
1 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion
27 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4780, 38th Infantry Battalion
30 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4780, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Also known as Albert Joseph Coffey:- https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3266484

Son of John Coffey and Mary Coffey of Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 31 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Bertie married Ruby Dingey in Victoria