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COFFEY, Francis Ignatius Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 27, 27A |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Middle Park, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gentleman |
| Died: | Middle Park, Victoria, Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 27, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 27, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 10th Machine Gun Company. Re-allotted number now 27A | |
| 24 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 27A, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael Coffey and Sarah Coffey nee Darcy of Wright Street, Albert Park, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on the 25 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1937 he was living in Goulburn, NSW