Raymond Arthur Victor COLES

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COLES, Raymond Arthur Victor

Service Numbers:	W233723, W233723, WX28782
Enlisted:	29 April 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Field Regiment
Born:	Hull, Yorkshire, England, 9 January 1920
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer's Assistant
Died:	Albany, Western Australia, 22 September 1980, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

29 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, W233723
14 Jul 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, W233723
15 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX28782, 2nd/6th Field Regiment
29 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX28782, 2nd/6th Field Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Gunner Raymond Arthur Victor Coles (Service No:W233723) enlisted in the ACMF on 29 April 1940 and served in Darwin, NT (8 May 1940 - 16 March 1941) with Heavy Artillery. On 15 July 1942 Gunner Coles enlisted in the AIF (Service No:WX28782) and served in New Guinea (18 September 1942 - 12 April 1944) and SWPA (9 June 1945 - 23 August 1945). Gunner Coles was attached to 2/6 Field Regiment when he was Discharged on 29 October 1945.

Born in 1920 in Yorkshire England, Raymond was the third of eight children of Sydney Thomas Coles (b1889 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) and Florence Revell (b1895 in Hull, Yorkshire). Sydney (a Soldier) and Florence married in 1915 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire and lived in England and India where Sydney was a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery (Regimental No:13462) - Sydney also served in France in WWI. Sydney and the family was in Calcutta, India in 1927 when they immigrated, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Shirala. The family initially settled in Denmark WA where Sydney was a Settler, before moving to Albany WA where Sydney worked as a Clerk.

Raymond worked as a Labourer and Grocer's Assistant in Albany WA prior to serving in WWII. Following his Discharge, Raymond returned to Albany WA where he worked as a Storeman. Raymond died in 1980.

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