Regimental number | 6/2108 |
Address | 62 Mathesons Road, Linwood, Christchurch |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Herbert Coles, Hopkins Street, Burnt Tree, Tipton, Staffordshire, England |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on |
Final rank | Sergeant |
Final unit | No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XI, Row L, Grave No 1), Ieper, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Herbert and Nettie Coles, 18 Hopkins Street, Burnt Tree, Tipton, England |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth |