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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1680, 11 May 1904, Page 51

Sergeant Edward Coffey, one of the many New Zealanders who served wfbh distinction in the South African regiments during the course of the Boer war, died at Dunedin on Wednesday, the cause being injuries and privations sustained while on service. The deceased served under Lord Dumlonald in the South African Light Horse, and acted on several occasions as one of General Buller’s personal escort, subsequently exchanging into the Johannesburg Mounted Police, in which corps tie became a sergeant.