Ernest George COXALL

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Service Number:	1312
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

9 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
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