COATES, George Bernard
| Service Number: | 148 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wyton, Holderness, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sproatley Endowed School, Holderness, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 148, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 148, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1891 Coates George Bernard Skirlaugh 9d 317
5th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 24 and the son of George and Eleanor Coates, of 14, Windsor Terrace, Hexham, England, sometime of Smoatley, near Hull, Yorkshire, England.
Age on arrival in Australia 22
Address
23 Giffard Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Age at embarkation 23
Previous military service Served 1 year Territorials, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
Enlistment date 24 August 1914
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name
5th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/22/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
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