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COATS, Frank Seymour
| Service Number: | 2586 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Upper Sturt, South Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Upper Sturt, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Memorials: | District of Upper Sturt Methodist Church Honour Board, District of Upper Sturt Methodist Church Honour Roll, Upper Sturt and District Roll of Honour WW1 WW2 |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2586, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2586, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2586, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 2586 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heathfield High School
Frank Seymour Coats was born and raised in Upper Sturt in the Adelaide hills. Before he enrolled in the army, he was a gardener who worked locally around the Adelaide hills. Frank Seymour Coats was a 3 year senior cadet before he served in the army as an officer. When Frank Seymour Coats joined the war at the age of 19 and 9 months, he was five feet and 9 and half inches tall, he weighed 134 lbs. Frank Seymour had brown eyes and brown hair. Frank Seymour had a mum named Clara coats.
Seymour did not make it to Gallipoli before his 10th Battalion was withdrawn. In Egypt he was transferred to the 50th Battalion and later to the Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, in which he served for the remainder of the war.
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