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COFFEY, Ernest Ivey Robisson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1816 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Pleasant Street and Urquhart Street State Schools, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lake Wendouree Pleasant Street State School No 695 Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 8 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1816, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1816, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Hill 971 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Coffey and Mary Coffey nee Murphy of Ballarat, Victoria
Next of kin given as his sister Janie Trengrove of 'Ivanhoe', Campbel Street, Stawell, Victoria. Brother of George Coffey and H.T. Coffey
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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