John Edward COFFEY
Born 6 January 1898 in Broad Arrow, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of Edward COFFEY and "Kathleen" Catherine Helen Philbert MARKHAM [15]
His father was publican of a hotel on Powell Street in Kathleen Valley 1902-1906[6] [50]
Following his father's death in 1906 his mother ran the Shamrock Hotel in Mount Sir Samuel in 1908 [6] [15]
His mother ran the Sandstone Hotel in Sandstone in 1909 and 1910, and in 1910 married "Mick" Michael QUAIN [15]
His stepfather and mother ran the Sandstone Hotel 1911-1915 and then the Commonwealth Hotel in Geraldton 1916-1920 [6]
Married Dorothy Blanche THOMPSON in 1923 [66]
For a number of years he worked as a Clerk and lived on Forrest Street in Geraldton [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in the Perth suburb of Claremont on 30 October 1940 [16]
Private WX5198 in the Australian Army's 2/13 Field Ambulance during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 26 May 1945 [16]
Pensioner in Three Springs 1953-1955 [19]
Died 26 September 1957; buried Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia[26]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Edward Coffey' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-edward-coffey [reference list] |
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