COATES, Reginald Norman
| Service Numbers: | 757, V9908 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Employment Company |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 27 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum, Garden F2, Bed 16, Rose 12 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll, Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 757, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 757, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 757, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V9908, Australian Employment Company, Royal Park, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred Dixon COATES and Mary Ann COATES nee SHARP
Husband of of Mrs Emma Alice COATES nee PLUMRIDGE, Abercrombie Street, Deepdene, Victoria and later residing at Georgiana St., Sandringham, Vic.
Fighting at Gallipoli he suffered shell shock and was admitted to H.S. Gascon on 09 July 1915, and transferred to St. George's Hospital Malta. Discharged from hospital to All Saints Convalescent Depot 06 August 1915 and was fit for active service again on 2 December 1915.
12 Feburary 1916 saw him admitted to No. 1 A.S. Hospital Ismailia with Scarlatina and transferred to No 4. Aux. Hosptial, Abbassia. He also suffered from Tonsilitis.
Reported as missing in action, Reginald was taken prisoner of war in WWI at Reincourt, Bapaume on 11 April 1917 and interned in Soltau Prison Camp, Germany where he enduried the horrors of being held Prisoner of War for nearly 2 years.
Repatriated, he left for England for return to Australia 17 March 1919 per H.T. Plassy.
Disembarking in Melbourne 30 April 1919 he suffered Malaise two days prior.
Discharged from the A.I.F. at Melbourne 18 August 1919 as medically unfit with a Metallic fragment in the Arm.
Reginald enlisted in WW2 serving in Australia. At this time hes address was listed as Lalors Road, Healsville, Vic.
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