Henry COATES

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Service Number:	NX15812
Enlisted:	20 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 18 September 1919
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 June 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot K. Row D. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED BY LOVING MOTHER"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX15812
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX15812
18 Apr 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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