McCaffrey, Ernest Moore

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M.B. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., England and France. Enlisting in July, 1916, and sailing 10th May, 1917, served at Parkhouse, Salisbury Plain, for six weeks and then No. 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbeville. Joining 2nd Australian Field Ambulance 5th January, 1918, was relieving R.M.O. 5th, 6th and 7th Battns. and, transferring to 1st A.F.Amb. was R.M.O. 2nd Battn. from 1st July till severely wounded at Borre on 19th and evacuated to hospital for three months. Then was at No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, finally acting as Registrar until demobilisation. Early education at St. Joseph's College. Later at St. John's.

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1890

Birth in Tamworth -- NSW, Australia 1890
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Early education at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
1916

Enlisted 1 Jul 1916
1917

Military service as Captain at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; France --, France 30 March 1917
1917

Wounded 1917
1917

Embarked 11 May 1917 at Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
1919

Returned to Australia 1919 at Australia [ Australia ]
1930

Married 1930 at Burrowa [ NSW Australia ]
1933

General Practitioner at Lidcombe -- NSW, Australia 1933
1955

Death in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1955

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Dr Ernest Moore McCaffrey [ jpg ]

Reverse of portrait of Dr Ernest Moore McCaffrey [ jpg ]

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