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COFFEY, Morris James
| Service Number: | 16 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 9 December 1870 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England area, Compartment D, Section 9, Grave 30. Interred on 22 November 1940 |
| Memorials: | Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 16, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kylie Willison
Served as Lance-Corporal Maurice James Coffey with 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles in Boer War.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael Coffey and Susan Coffey nee Plunkett of Adelaide, SA.
Brother of Arthur Thomas Coffey who served as Arthur Everard, Sylvester Plunkett Coffey who returned to Australia during 1918 having served with the 27th Battalion, Christopher Augustin Coffey, Annie May Coffey, Michael Francis Coffey, Louis Johnston Coffey who was killed in action on 10 June 1917 while serving with the 43rd Battalion and has no known grave, his name appears on Menin Gate. Florence Marie Coffey, Ruby Amelia Coffey and Edward Daley Coffey who returned to Australia during 1917 having served with the 5th Pioneers
Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography
Served as Lieutenant Morris James Coffey with 10th Battalion AIF in WW1.