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Sergeant JAMES SCOULER COLES

Service Number: 11871
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

4th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

I. A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Malcolm Coles, of Trevallyn Terrace, Launceston, Tasmania. Native of Diapur, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription GOD BLESS A BRAVE BOY FROM HIS FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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