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Edward Thomas McCAFFERTY

Regimental number933
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressCairns, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret McCafferty, c/o Cairns PO, Cairns, Queensland
Enlistment date28 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 June 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*given names are Thomas Edward on photocopy
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 41), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary MCCAFFERTY; husband of Margaret MCCAFFERTY, McLennan Street, Albion, Queensland. Native of Toowoomba, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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