Ernest Ivey Robisson COFFEY

COFFEY, Ernest Ivey Robisson

Service Number: 1816
Enlisted: 23 December 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Brisbane, 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"
Name appears on Panel 45 of the Lone Pine Memorial,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

23 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
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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Biography 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