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COXALL, Ernest George
Service Number: | 1312 |
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Enlisted: | 9 January 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
Born: | London, England, October 1882 |
Home Town: | Morgan, Mid Murray, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Driver |
Died: | Natural causes, Morgan, South Australia, 20 April 1974 |
Cemetery: |
Morgan Cemetery, South Australia. |
Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards |
World War 1 Service
9 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1312, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1312, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1312 |
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Wife Alice May Coxall, living at Cowra Street, Mile End, South Australia
Previous service: 6 years Q O Hussars (India and Africa)
Described one enlisting as 34 years 3 months old; married; 5' 4 1/2" tall; sallow complexion;
brown eyes; dark hair; Church of England.
9/1/1917 enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia
1/3/1917 Commanding Officer appointed Ernest to 4th Section Railway Unit
11/5/1917 embarked from Port of Melbourne on board HMAT Shropshire A9
as a Corporal in the Railway Section, 4th Section
20/4/1974 Ernest passed away
buried in: Morgan Cemetery, Morgan, South Australia
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 24/6/2015