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COADE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2442 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Leongatha, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Malmesbury, Victoria, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Querrieu British Cemetery Row A, Grave 12, Querrieu British Cemetery, Querrieu, Picardie, France, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial, Kyneton Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2442, Place of enlistment - Leongatha, Victoria | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2442, Mining Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A16' Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916 disembarking at Suez via Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Company were transported to Alexandria where they were transhipped to the City of Edinburgh leaving on May 5 for the crossing to France. They arrived at Marseilles on May 17 and were entrained to Etaples, marching in to the Base Depot on June 1, 1916. | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 28 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2442, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Wounded by gas shell | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, the Citation reading '--- to that gallant soldier for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty'. On the 10th July 1917 the German army opened up a heavy bombardment on the pontoon bridges on the river Yser destroying them all. Following the bombardment they launched an attack killing or capturing most of the soldiers on the eastern side of the river. Sapper T.F. Burke and Sapper J. Coade crossed the river about the same time also. Finding a number of non-swimmers on the enemy side they procured a rope and swam across with it, and remained holding it taut until all present had safely crossed. | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2442, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2442 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-04-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Born at Malmesbury, Victoria in 1878, his birth was registered as Isaac Zachariah David Coade by his parents, John and Mary Ann (nee McEwen) Coade.
Using the name John Coad, he married Rachel Reynish at Waikato, New Zealand on 9 August 1904. In 1911 John, Miner, and Rachel Coade were living at Maryville, Taurarunui, New Zealand. A daughter and a son where born in New Zealand before the couple returned to Victoria, Australia where a second daughter was born in 1914.
The 1914 Electoral Roll records John Coade, Miner, and Rachel Coade, Home Duties, living at Korumburra, Victoria
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