Ernest Albert COATES

Badge Number: S7100, Sub Branch: State
S7100

COATES, Ernest Albert

Service Number: 3216
Enlisted: 12 February 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Woodville, South Australia, 24 June 1889
Home Town: Royal Park, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Springbank, South Australia, 25 May 1963, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia
Section CX; Drive: A; Path (#): 11(22); Site #334C
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World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3216
27 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 3216, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 3216, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born ALBERT ERNEST Coates - 26 June 1889 in Woodville, South Australia
(SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 440 Page: 127 District: PtA.)

Father David COATES - b. 1851 - 22/08/1930 Adelaide, SA
19/02/1874    married Martha Chapman at Wesleyan Parsonage, Pirie Street, Adelaide, SA

Mother Martha (nee CHAPMAN)
b. 18/06/1854 Port Rd, Adelaide, SA - d. 17/06/1907 Queenstown, SA

Siblings: (9th of 12 children)
Ada Elizabeth COATES   (b: 06/05/1874 in Brighton, SA - d. 23/07/1952 Kilkenny, SA)
    m.  16/10/1890 - Thomas Frederick PAINTER   (b. 05/07/1858 Brighton, SA)
                              at Wesleyan Parsonage, Exeter, SA
Walter Thomas COATES   (b: 27/09/1875 in Brighton, SA)
Ethel Maud COATES  (b: 04/09/1878 in Hindmarsh, SA - d. 07/07/1951 Hectorville, SA)
    m. 02/02/1898 - Thomas Percy KENNEDY  (b. 1862)
                             at residence of Mr Paynter, Baroota Creek, SA
Hilda May COATES   (b: 20/04/1880 in Woodville, SA - 28/09/1960 Woodville, SA)
    m. 29/01/1901 - William Henry WAREING   (b. 06/10/1880 Queenstown, SA)
                             at her parents residence - David Coates - Woodville, SA)
David Perrevald (Percy David) COATES  
                             (b: 29/12/1881 in Woodville, SA - d. 02/07/1926 Woodville, SA)
    m. 11/12/1915 - Lily BELL   (b. 25/04/1886 York (now Beverley), SA
                             at residence of W C Brooker Alberton, SA
Mabel Florence COATES   (b: 07/07/1883 in Woodville, SA - d. 11/04/1955 Semaphore, SA)
    m. 28/06/1902 - Francis Henry Alger BAYLEY (b. 17/04/1879 in SA)
                             at Alberton Baptist Manse, Queenstown, SA
Herbert George COATES   (b: 15/05/1885 in Woodville, SA - d. 10/03/1952 Mile End, SA)
    m. 03/04/1912 - Vera Louisa LEE   (b. 10 Oct 1889 in Hindmarsh, SA)
                             at Studio of J Ashton, Adelaide, SA
Arnold Leonard COATES   (b: 31/07/1887 in Woodville, SA - d. 29/08/1961 Royal Park, SA)
    m. 21/11/1908 - Olive May Roach HALL   (b. 1891)
                             at Alberton Baptist Manse Queenstown, SA
Albert Ernest COATES   (b: 24/06/1889 in Woodville, SA - d. 25/05/1963 Springbank, SA)
     m. 18/12/1909 - Eva Myrtle Mary Ann GEORGE   (b. 29/01/1893 Queenstown, SA)
                              at Manse New St Port Adelaide, SA
Gladys Olive COATES   (b: 27/04/1892 in Woodville, SA)
Stanley Clarence Roy COATES   (b: 08/11/1894 in Woodville, SA)
    m.  29/04/1916 - Eva Josephine DAVIS  at St Paul Church, Port Adelaide, SA.
                             lived at Queen Street, Yatala East Alberton, SA
Gladys Chapman COATES   (b: 18/04/1897 in Tenterdon (now Woodville), SA)


18/12/1909    married Eva Myrtle Mary Ann George
                                (b. 29/01/1893 Queenstown, SA - d. 26/09/1961)
                     lived at Manse New St Port Adelaide, SA

Children:
Melva Martha COATES    (b: 01/07/1910 in Queenstown, SA)
Allan Herbert COATES    (b: 15/08/1911 in Yatala (now Rosewater), Adelaide, SA)
Vera Irene COATES        (b: 19/12/1912 in Royal Park, SA)
Muriel Jean COATES       (b: 10/12/1915 in Royal Park, SA)
***went to war***
Mavis Joyce COATES      (b: 04/12/1919 in Queenstown, SA
                                     Mavis Joyce Cook - d. 17/12/2001 buried with parents)
Ernest William Mervyn COATES   (b: 16/02/1921 in Queenstown, SA)
Lloyd David COATES      (b: 03/08/1922 in Queenstown, SA)
Colin Rex COATES         (b: 25/05/1926 in Queenstown, SA)
Leonard Roy COATES     (b. 13/03/1929 - d. 10/12/2012 buried with parents)
Fay Lorraine COATES     (b. 1936 - d. 27/04/1942 buried with parents)

Next of kin in service:
Brother:  
3217 Private  Stanley Clarence Roy COATES - in the same B Company
        23/03/1916    enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA - with brother Albert
        27/06/1916    embarked from Outer Harbour, onboard HMAT Malakuta A57
                             as a Private with 8th Brigade, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements
        22/08/1916    disembarked into Devonport, England
        27/12/1916    detached to Anzac Light Railways in the field
        13/06/1917    rejoined 32nd Infantry Battalion in the field, near Bapaume.
        13/10/1917    originally reported as wounded in action in the field
        13/10/1917    later reported killed in action in the field
        14/10/1917    buried at:  Bellewarde Ridge Military Cemetery, J.7.C.6.6
                                            confirmed by 1st Anzac Corps Burial Officer
        19/12/1919     Remains Ex-humed and Re-buried in:
                                           Birr Cross Roads Cemetery
                                           one mile East-South East of Ypres,
        His name is commemorated on Panel 120 at the Australian War Memorial,
        Canberra, ACT.

Brother-in-law:
6496  Private Harold Ernest ("Mick") Duncan   (b. 01/06/1892 Peterhead, SA)
         21/08/1916    enlisted
         21/10/1916    embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A16 Port Melbourne
                              as a Private with 10th Battalion
         03/11/1917     Killed in Action at Zonnebeke, Belgium
                              No known grave
                              His name is commemorated on
                              - Panel 17 at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
                              - Panel 58 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Nephews:
S30245 Private Alan Rayner COATES  (son of Herbert George Coates)
            (b. 16/1/1916 Thebarton, SA)
            07/08/1940   enlisted into WWII at Mile End, SA
                                place of enlisting Southwark, SA
                                Private in 6 CAV Field Ambulance AAMC

SX39358 (S37636)  Sapper Stanley Lawrence PAINTER (son of Ada Elizabeth Painter)
                             (b. 21/07/1914 Woodville, SA)
                             06/11/1943  enlisted into WWII at Kilkenny, SA
                                                place of enlisting 16 AUST PERS STG CAMP, QLD
                             22/09/1945  dishcarged from service
                                                Sapper in 7 Australian Docks Operating Comapny R.A.E.

23105 (NAVY)  LDG STO Ernest William Mervyn COATES (son of Albert Ernest Coates)
                      (b. 16/02/1921 Queenstown, SA)
                      01/05/1939  enlisted into WWII NAVY at Nedlands, WA
                                         place of enlisting Melbourne, VIC
                      25/06/1944   discharged from service
                                          LDG STO (TY) with HMAS Torrens

23261 (NAVY)  Able Seaman Lloyd David COATES (son of Albert Ernest Coates)
                      (b. 3 Aug 1922 in Queenstown, SA)
                      06/06/1939  enlisted into WWII NAVY in Little Queenstown, SA
                                         place of enlisting Melbourne, VIC
                      Able Seaman with HMAS Perth
                      01/03/1942   killed in action - Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies
                                         His name is commemorated at
                                         - on Panel 72 (bottom of column 3) at Plymouth Naval Memorial,
                                            Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.
                                         - on Panel 5 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
                     and on his parents grave at Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, SA.

PA4494 (NAVY)  Able Seaman Colin Rex COATES (son of Albert Ernest Coates)
                        (b. 25/05/1926 in Queenstown, SA)
                        12/10/1943  enlisted in Queenstown, SA
                                           place of enlisting Port Adelaide, SA
                        Able Seaman with Deloraine Pass
                        13/08/1946  discharged from service

 

Lived with his wife and first 4 children at Wattle Avenue, Royal Park, SA on enlisting.

Described as 26 years 8 months of age, married, 5' 8" tall; 136 lbs;
medium complexion; brown eyes; brown hair; Methodist
Tattoos on both forearms and right upper arm.

12/02/1916       enlisted into WWI at Adelaide, SA

29/02/1916       appointed to B Company, 2nd Depot Battalion, Adelaide Camp

27/06/1916       embarked with his brother Albert Ernest Coates (3217)
                        from Outer Harbour onboard HMAT Malakuta A57
                        as a Private with 8th Brigade, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements
22/08/1916       disembarked into Devonport, England

24/08/1916       marched into 8th Training Battalion, Larkhill, England

11/11/1916       proceeded overseas to France onboard SS Golden Eagle

12/11/1916       marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, Franced

22/11/1916       proceeded to unit

25/11/1916       taken on strength of 32nd Battalion

08/01/1917       attached to Anzac Light Railways as Fittlers
12/06/1917       detached from Anzac Light Railways

13/06/1917       rejoined 32nd Battalion

10/09/1917       sick - admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance
                       transferred to No 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital
30/09/1917       transferred to No 7 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, France
12/10/1917       transferred to No 10 Convalescent Depot, Ecault
17/10/1917       to No 3 Rest Camp
19/10/1917       marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, France

01/11/1917       proceeded to unit and rejoined 32nd Battalion

07/01/1918       on leave to the United Kingdom
22/01/1918       rejoined unit

06/02/1918       wounded in action - shrapnel wound, head
                        admitted to 5th Australian Divisional Rest Station
07/02/1918       transferred to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance
14/02/1918       transferred to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station
16/02/1918       transferred to No 8 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France
20/02/1918       embarked to England, onboard St Denis
                        admitted to Pavilion General Hospital, Brighton, England
25/03/1918       transferred to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England

08/04/1918       Commenced return to Australia onboard HT 'Dunluce Castle'
27/04/1918       transhipped, departed Suez, Egypt onboard HT 'Karoola'
26/05/1918       disembarked into Melbourne, VIC

28/11/1918       discharged from service in Adelaide, SA

Total war service: 2 years 290 days (1 year 337 days overseas)

Medals:            British War medal (14527) and Victory medal (14303)

25/05/1963       passed away in Springbank, SA

buried in:          Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, South Australia
                        with his wife Eva; daughter Mavis Joy
                        Section CX; Drive: A; Path (#): 11(22); Site #334C

Grant Expires: 28/04/2041

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  07/01/2017.  Lest we forget.

 

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