COLES, Arthur Aplin
| Service Numbers: | 1056, 440 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1914, Cairo, Egypt |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | London, England, 7 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher (aboard SS Omrah) |
| Died: | Natural causes, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 August 1947, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1056, 9th Infantry Battalion, Cairo, Egypt | |
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| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1056, 9th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
| 10 May 1916: | Transferred Driver, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 30 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, SN 440, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 30 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, SN 440, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Morea, Melbourne | |
| 6 Jun 1918: | Discharged Corporal, SN 440, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...440 (previously 1056) Private Arthur Aplin Coles, 1st Reinforcements, No 1 Squadron, Wagon Section, Australian Half Flight Corps (India), originally of Hampstead, London, England. Pte Coles originally enlisted on 7 December 1914 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a civilian working as a butcher on the transport ship SS Omrah when he was asked by Major William Cavendish Harvey (VD), 9th Battalion, to join the AIF. Pte Cole was a member of the 9th Battalion when he returned to Australia on 19 January 1916. He re-enlisted on 10 May 1916 and embarked aboard RMS Morea, with the Australian Flying Corps (AFC), in Melbourne on 30 May 1916. He returned to Australia as a corporal on 1 May 1918..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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