COLE, Wilfred Edgar
| Service Number: | 6237 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plumstead, Kent, England, 20 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dinyarrak, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | The Roan School, Greenwich, England |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 October 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block P, Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 3B, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6237, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6237, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6237, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6237, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6237 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Wilfred's brother Frank Cole of the same Battalion was killed instantly when struck by a shell while waiting in a trench to attack on the 4 October 1917. An eye witness stated that Frank Cole was “terribly knocked around, and his brother Wilfred was wounded by the same shell.”
Private Wilfred Edgar Cole, of the 22nd Battalion AIF, died of wounds over five days later. He suffered shrapnel wounds penetrating his chest and shrapnel wound to the thigh, and died in Rouen, France at 12.10am on 9 October 1917. He was only 19 years of age.
A third brother, Engineer Lieutenant Harold Arthur Cole HMS Bombala Royal Navy Reserve was killed in action 25 April 1918, age 27.