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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Walgett
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence 46 Thomas St, Lewisham, NSW, Australia
• Family Son of Edward Francis and Bridget Coolahan, of Susan St., Randwick, New South Wales; two sisters, Emily and Eva and five brothers, Percy, Maurice, Ernest, Reginald and Edward. Four of them (except Edward who had a crippled hand) went to war en survived.
• Education School:Christian Brothers, New South Wales
• Profession Salesman

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 16 October 1915, Sydney
• Service number 9457
• Rank Driver
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 4th Divisional Train Australian Army Service Corps 14th Coy.
• Other data related to military career Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 December 1915; Embarked to France June 1916

Death

• Wounded 27 September to hospital, sick (uraemia)
• Type of wounds Died of disease (uraemia), n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 30
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery X - B - 20A

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