William Edward COOTES

COOTES, William Edward

Service Number: 1251
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
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World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1251, Morphettville, South Australia
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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