William Henry Coates

Forenames

William Henry AWMM

Surname

Coates AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/991 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 15 Jan 1915 AWMM Ruatuna, Matakohe, Kaipara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E.K. Coates (mother), Ruatuna, Matakohe, Kaipara, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Air Force AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/991 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 15 Jan 1915 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal Flying Corps AWMM

William Coates was the son of Edward and Eleanor K. Coates, of "Ruatuna", Matakohe, Kaipara, Auckland.

Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 21 October 1915 (Studholme 1928).

Promoted to Lieutenant on 21 April 1917 (Studholme 1928).

Next of Kin: Mrs E. K. Coates, Matakohe, Kaipara (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

22 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Arras Flying Services Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Matakohe War Memorial, WW1, Matakohe, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897706
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/744903/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/744903
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 135
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
  Martyn, E. (1998-2008)., Vol 1, p. 43
• Studholme, J. (1928). New Zealand Expeditionary Force record of personal services during the war of officers, nurses, and first-class warrant officers, and other facts relating to the N.Z.E.F. : unofficial but based on official records. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer.
  Studholme, J. (1928). p. 81.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.