Albert Edward COE

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Service Number:	440
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beaufort, South Australia, 21 July 1887
Home Town:	Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Beaufort Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Port Wakefield Memorial Arch

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 440, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 440, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 440, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 440, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 440 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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52 Battalion

Rank - Private

10 July 1916 - In detention while at sea

20 July 1916 – Disembarked at Marseilles

26 November 1916 – Proceed to Folkestone

14 December 1916 – Transferred from the 43 Btn to the 52 Btn

17 January 1917 – Detached to Mining Section, 13 Brigade

24 February 1917 – Rejoined unit from detachment

12 March 1917 – To hospital with influenza

4 April 1917 – Rejoined unit

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Harriet Mercy and Henry Coe. Brother of Private 441 Arthur Stanley Coe, Ellen Maud Mary Coe and Rhoda Pauline Coe