COLES, Harry
| Service Number: | 2707 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Rollestone, Wiltshire, , United Kingdom, 18 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 203. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 2707 | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2707, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2707, 33rd Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 18th February........Private Harry Coles was born at Moss Vale, NSW in 1886. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 6th November, 1916 as a 29 year old Labourer from Newtown, Sydney, NSW.
Private Coles had been admitted to Ship's Hospital from 18th December, 1916 to 17th January, 1917. He was posted to 9th Training Battalion at Durrington on 30th January, 1917 & went AWL from 8th-9th February, 1917. Private Coles was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 12th February, 1917 with Laryngitis. He died at 9 a.m. on 18th February, 1917 from Broncho Pneumonia.
There were 3 Australian SOLDIERS were buried in Durrington Cemetery Wiltshire (Coles & Hindhaugh were buried on 20th February & McMurtie was buried on 21st February, 1917).
Durrington Cemetery contains a total of 141 Australian WW1 Soldiers.
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