William Anthony COLE

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Service Number:	5056
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 August 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Brisbane War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5056, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5056, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane
20 Aug 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5056, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5056 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-08-20

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