Eric Albert COATES

Regimental number11/643
AddressNapier
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, A Coates, Smeeton's Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Squadron
FateDied of disease 14 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPurewa Public Cemetery (Block F, Row 37, Grave 33), Auckland
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oswald and Valerie A Coates (nee Lassaie), 14 Hastings Road, Remuera, Auckland. Served at Gallipoli, Sinai and in Palestine
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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