Sinclair COGHILL

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Service Number:	1320
Enlisted:	22 October 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castletown, Caithness, Scotland, 1885
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Greenland Dunnet Public School, Caithness, Scotland
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 59 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merredin Newcarnie Roll of Honor

22 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1320, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1320, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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Son of John and Barbara Coghill of Castletown, Caithness, Scotland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Caithness Volunteers for about 12 months