Charles Newman COE

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COE, Charles Newman

Service Number:	3267
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, 14 May 1895
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Wounds, France, 14 August 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3267, Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3267, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3267, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Charles Newman COE was born in Williamstown, Victoria on 14th May, 1895

His parents were James Newman COE and Sarah Jane POHL

His brother Hugh James COE (SN 3795) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917

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"...3267 Private Charles Newman Coe, 11th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Williamstown, Vic. Pte Coe enlisted on 7 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. He died of wounds on 14 August 1916 at Pozieres, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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