MCCAFFERTY, Kathleen Eugenie
| Service Numbers: | QFX52053, QFX52053 (Q271013, QX52053) |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Women's Service |
| Born: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 16 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1965, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 May 1943: | Involvement Private, Australian Army Medical Women's Service | |
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| 12 May 1943: | Involvement Private, Australian Army Medical Women's Service | |
| 12 May 1943: | Enlisted Private, QFX52053 (Q271013, QX52053), Australian Army Medical Women's Service | |
| 12 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QFX52053 | |
| 11 Dec 1944: | Discharged | |
| 11 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QFX52053 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Kathleen was the youngest of two children of James (Fred) Frederick McCafferty Snr (born 1878 on the Darling Downs in QLD) and Kathleen Lysaght (born 1884 in Cooktown, QLD). James had been a Farmer on the Darling Downs, and in 1914 was a Labourer in Cairns when he married Kathleen, who was a Barmaid in Cairns.
Kathleen was a Shop Assistant at New Farm in Brisbane, QLD when she enlisted in the Australian Army in May 1943. She was a Private (Service Nos:QX52053/Q271013) attached to the Australian Army Medical Women's Services when she was Discharged in December 1945. Brother James Frederick Jnr (Private. Service Nos:QX53349/Q116540) also served in WWII.
Returning to Cairns, Kathleen married John Ambrose Madden (born 1916 in Herberton, QLD) in 1952. John served as a Private (Service No:QX3523) with 2/32 Infantry Battalion in WWII. They settled in Cairns where John worked as a Clerk until Kathleen' death in 1963, when he worked as a Watchman.