William Peter COYLE

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Service Number:	3259
Enlisted:	7 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne Victoria, Australia, March 1883
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 25 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Initially buried in the vicinity of Pozieres, Map ref 57D, SE x 5B, WR5, sheet 2, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3259, 5th Infantry Battalion
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3259, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3259, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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