Albert Edward MCCOY

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Service Number:	2449
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1896
Home Town:	Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, Mount Gambier War Memorial, Yorketown Kadina Union Bank WW1 Roll of Honor

21 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2449, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2449, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
6 Aug 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 2449, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2449 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-06

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