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Sidney Thomas James Coles

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Sidney Sidi Coles

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sidney Thomas James AWMM
  • Surname
    Coles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Sid AWMM
    • Sydney AWMM
  • Service number
    69437 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 37 Edwin Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 37 Edwin Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 37 Edwin Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M. Coles (mother), C/o Captain Cook Hotel, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M. Coles (mother), C/o Captain Cook Hotel, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Miss M. Coles (sister), C/o Kings Arms Hotel, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ruth

    Name is listed in the Nominal Roll as Sydney Coles AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 April 2011 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Feilding Cemetery Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA Row 201 Plot 30 Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 2 May 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 32 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 10: WW2 17 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 26 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: Dominion Post, 2 May 2011 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Disembarkation T-force [WW2 Tonga Force Disembarkation Roll], Archives NZ, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440224) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 April 2019BenNew ZealandOther relative
06 January 2019AllanFeildingResearcher
10 November 2017Benjamin BryanHuntlyOther relative

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