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COE, Cecil James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4176 |
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| 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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4176, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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