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Francis Pascoe COADE

Regimental number2552
Place of birthBright, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPastoralist
AddressBaarmutha, Ilfracombe, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.8
Height5' 6"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Coade, Baarmutha, Ilfracombe, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in Naval Volunteers, Rockhampton.
Enlistment date24 July 1916
Place of enlistmentLongreach. Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 17 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2552A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted, 24 July 1916 - 41st Bn 5th Reinforcements; taken on strength, 41st Bn. 20 September 1917.
FateDied of wounds 11-12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death26-27
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery (Enclosure No 6, Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 1), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Other details

War service: Western Front

Originally listed as 'No known grave' and recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 27), Ypres, Belgium, and remains so on the Roll of Honour website.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, COADE Francis Pascoe

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