Albert Ernest (Bert) COE MM

COE, Albert Ernest

Service Number: 15
Enlisted: 29 April 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Company
Born: Nagambie, Victoria, Australia, October 1892
Home Town: Nagambie, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
Died: 1953, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Nagambie War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15, 24th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 15, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 15, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company
19 Apr 1917: Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, During exceptionally heavy bombardment on Lone Pine Trench 29/11/1915. set a fine example to gun crew at a critical time. 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: 19 April 1917
4 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 15, 6th Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW to head
3 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company
7 Dec 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
27 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 15, 2nd Machine Gun Company, 3rd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Carl Johnson

15 Corporal Bert Coe a mechanical engineer of Nagambie, Victoria. Enlisted with the 24th Battalion and served on Gallipoli after which he transferred to 6th MGC in Egypt 1916. Decorated with the Military Medal for 'Bravery in the Field' outside Pozieres, Bert would be later wounded in action at Ypres 4th October,1917. The ribbon above the right pocket is for the 'MM', the bar on the sleave is for being wounded. The 'A' for ANZAC on the shoulder colour patch signifies a Gallipoli veteran. Bert returned home following war's end.

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