Cecil James COE

COE, Cecil James

Service Number: 4176
Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Neerim, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Neerim, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling: Neerim South State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 28 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Neerim South War Memorial, Neerim War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4176, Enlisted at Melbourne
29 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4176, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4176, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles and Susan Coe of Neerim, Bula Bula, Gippsland Vic. later of Beach Road, Black Rock; brother of Albert Victor Coe who was killed in action on 2 September 1918 and is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal