James Berrie COAKLEY

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COAKLEY, James Berrie

Service Number:	NX12470
Enlisted:	25 May 1940, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ivanhoe, Victoria, 5 December 1918
Home Town:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling:	Christian Brothers & St Patricks College
Occupation:	Civil Servant (Accounts - Dept of Interior Canberra)
Died:	Killed in Action, Jezzine, Syria, 18 June 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Beirut War Cemetery E 1 Grave 2, Beirut War Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX12470, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
25 May 1940:	Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales
25 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX12470, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion

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Biography

James Berrie COCKLEY was born on 5th December, 1918 in Ivanhoe, Victoria to Thomas Daniel COCKLEY and Elsie Amy BERRIE

INFORMATION ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS SERVICE & RANK - BIOGRAPHY (www.memorial.act.gov.au)

James was Killed in Action on 18th June 1941 in Jezzine, Syria and is buried in Beirut War cemetery, Lebanon - he is commemorated in the Australian War memorial Roll of Honour, Canberra ACT Panel 59

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Canberra Times 18th June, 1942 (nla.gov.au)

Roll of Honour - on Active Service

COAKLEY - In proud and loving memory of James Berrie, NX12470, Lieutenant 2/31 Battalion AIF late of Accounts branch, Dept of the Interior, Canberra, beloved only child of T D and E A Coakley, Inverloch, Victoria . Killed in action in Jezzine 18th June, 1941

"He fought without hate and died that Liberty might live"

THE ARGUS 01 Jul 1941 (nla.gov.au)

"Lieutentant James Berrie Coakley previously reported wounded in action has now been reported as killed in action on June 18 aged 22. He was the only child of Mr T D Cockley, engineer in chief Mental Hygiene Dept and Mrs. Coakley, Mont Park. He was educated at CBC Victoria & St Patricks College. In 1936 her served in the Militia . He enlisted in the AIF in Sydney in May 1940 and served in India and the Middle East"

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