Alan Douglas Spencer COATES

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COATES, Alan Douglas Spencer

Service Number:	21351
Enlisted:	4 January 1937
Last Rank:	Chief Petty Officer
Last Unit:	HMAS Hobart (I)
Born:	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1914
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Warren, New South Wales , 21 January 1998, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48552714/alan-douglas-coates
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World War 2 Service

4 Jan 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 21351, HMAS Hobart (I)
5 Jan 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Stoker (Mechanic), HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
1 Aug 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer Stoker, HMAS Adelaide (I)
22 Feb 1949:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 21351, HMAS Hobart (I)
Date unknown:	Involvement Chief Petty Officer, 21351, HMAS Hobart (I)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Alan was the youngest of three children of Frank Cecil Coates (b1884 in Sydney, NSW) and Clara May King (b1887 in Sydney, NSW). Frank (a Dentist) and Clara married in 1907 in Sydney, NSW where they settled and raised their family.

Alan had worked as a Shop Assistant (Electrical Fitters) in Sydney and was a Casual Labourer when he enlisted in the RAN in January 1937 (Service No:21351). He served as a Stoker and Chief Petty Officer Mechanic on a number of ships - including Cerberus, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne and Moreton. In 1939 in Sydney, NSW Alan married Lorna Rose Nolan (b1913 in Montumana, Tasmania). Alan and Lorna were in Tarragindi, QLD when he was Discharged in 1949.

Alan was awarded diverse Trade Certificates/Licences including Steam Engine Driver (1949) and Electrical Contractor (1955). By the mid 1950s Alan and Lorna had settled in Penguin, Tasmania where Alan worked as an Attendant and Electrical Mechanic. The couple retired to NSW where Lorna died in Mudgee in 1989 and Alan in Warren in 1998.

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