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COOTES, William Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1251 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, December 1886 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1251, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1251, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1251, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
2 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1251, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1251 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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