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John Vincent COGHLAN

Regimental number478
Place of birthBryants Gap, Tenterfield, New South Wales
SchoolNine Mile Public School, Tenterfield, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressDalley Street, Mullumbimby, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel Maud Coghlan, Dalley Street, Mullumbimby, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWorked as a stockman and a labourer.
FateDied of wounds 18 October 1917
Age at death32
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 1A), Le Treport, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Margaret COGHLAN, husband of Ethel M. COGHLAN, Gordan Street, Mullumbimby, New South Wales. Native of Tenterfield, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law: 3229 Sergeant A P Stuart, Killed in Action 5 May 1917

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