Raymond Horace COKER

Regimental number1935
Date of birth31 March 1900
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBoiler maker's apprentice
AddressProspect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, H G Coker, 40 Alexander Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date17 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsLabuan Memorial, Malaysia
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: S.A. Coker, Maroubra Junction, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsFather: 1536 Pte Horace Godfrey COKER, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: enlisted, 25 February 1941; died, 7 May 1945; SX11479, Corporal, 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company.
Date of death7 May 1945