Harland COATES MID

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Service Number:	S/3727
Enlisted:	3 November 1939
Last Rank:	Leading Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
Born:	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, 11 June 1912
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1967, aged 54 years
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Anzac 1 180
Memorials:

3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, S/3727, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
23 Mar 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945", For skill, determination and courage during Battle of Leyte Gulf.
12 Feb 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, S/3727, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)

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