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Victor Milton COLE

Regimental number4169
Date of birth31 May 1891
Place of birthSurry Hills, New South Wales
SchoolWindsor Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMechanic
AddressOcean Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs R C Cole, Ocean Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A58 Kabinga on 17 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 4 May 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 902 Sapper Samuel John Reynold COLE, 1st Australian Troops Company, returned to Australia, 22 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915.

Wounded in action, Ypres, Belgium.

Commenced return to Australia, 4 May 1917; disembarked Sydney, 6 July 1917; discharged (medically unfit); appointed recruiting officer.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 January 1946

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