George Robert COATES

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COATES, George Robert

Service Number:	1183
Enlisted:	14 May 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Kinara Junction, Tasmania, Australia, 10 September 1892
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1 November 1974, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Area: Monumental Location: Section D3 Number: 273
Memorials:

14 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1183, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1183, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1183, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
18 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Ismailia
19 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
1 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, France
18 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1183, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, ex London per HT Aeneas
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1183, 2nd Pioneer Battalion

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Sergeant George Robert Coates (Service No:1183) enlisted in the AIF on 14 May 1915 as a Private attached to 26th Infantry Battalion D Coy. Private Coates embarked from Brisbane on 29 June 1915 on board HMAT A60 Aeneas to Alexandria. In 1916 Private Coates was in Ismailia when he transferred to 2nd Pioneer Battalion, and in France in 1917 he was promoted to Sergeant. In France, Sergeant Coates attended the Army Cookery School and 2nd Australian Division Bomb School, and in London in 1918 he attended the Anti Gas School and a Rifle Course. Sergeant Coates embarked for the RTA from London on 18 December 1918 on board HT Aeneas and was Discharged in April 1918.

Born in 1892 at Kinara Junction in Tasmania, George was the third of eight children of Christopher Robert Coates (b1863 in Hobart, Tasmania) and Frances (Eliza) Amelia Johnston (b1864 at Bishopbourne, Tasmania). Christopher (a Railways Worker) and Eliza married in 1889 in Launceston, Tasmania and lived in Campbell Town and Launceston where they raised their family and Christopher was a Railway Worker.

George was a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF and was working as a Horse Driver in 1921 in Launceston when he married Ella Elizabeth Partridge (b1896 in Launceston, Tasmania). George and Ella settled in Launceston where they raised their family and George was a Postal Assistant. Ella died in 1953 and George in 1974.

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