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Charles Cephas COLEY

Regimental number6421
Place of birthFour Mile, Roma, Queensland
SchoolRosewood Sate School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressState School, Rosewood, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lucy Coley, Gladstone Road, Park Road, West Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs Lucy COLEY, Brisbane Street, Ipswich Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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