COLES, Robert Henry
| Service Numbers: | 2162, 5075 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Beverley, Beverley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Boniface College, Plymouth, England |
| Occupation: | Dairy hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Grave IV. C. 13. INSCRIPTION GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST O LORD , Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2162, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2162, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 5075, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5075 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age on arrival in Australia 19
Address- Whitehart Hotel, Beverley, Western Australia
Enlistment date 10 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
11th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
Age at embarkation 22
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 31 March 1916
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was born at Kingswinford, Staffordshire-his birth was registered in Stourbridge-that district then spanned the boundaries of the counties of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
Births Sep 1892 Coles Robert Henry Stourbridge 6c 185.
He was 25 and the son of Henry Richard and Jane Coles, of "Ivanhoe," Cromwell Avenue, Cheshunt, Herts., England.
INSCRIPTION
GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST O LORD
He is commemorated on the war memorial in the church at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
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