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Frank Matthew COFFEE

Place of birthWilloughby, New South Wales
SchoolRiverview, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngineer and Journalist
Address'Iriguois', Mowbray Road, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Frank Coffee, 'Iriguois', Mowbray Road, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 January 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Sarah COFFEE, Mowbray Road, Willoughby, Chatswood, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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