Rank: 
Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Service number: 
2814
Unit: 
12th Infantry Battalion
Location: 
Melksham Red Cross Hospital, Wiltshire
Sutton Veny Military Hospital, Wiltshire
Enquirer: 
Emily Cole
Packet number: 
7016
Date range: 
1918
SLSA record number: 
SRG 76/1/7016
Harry Leslie Cole
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Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 17:05

Service number 2814, Harry Leslie Garwood Cole, was born at Kapunda, South Australia, on 17 December 1890. He enlisted at Keswick, South Australia, on 31 May 1915 and served with the 12 Battalion at Mudros, France and England, being promoted to Sergeant on 5 January 1917 and appointed company quartermaster sergeant on 5 March 1917. He returned to Australia in 1919 and died in Perth, Western Australia, in 1966.

Submitted by Edgar Santos (not verified) on Thu, 11/12/2015 - 09:18

can you give me information of what I found I would like to know who were his family members and why his grave is in my home town in Mexico

Submitted by Joannad on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 09:51

Thanks for your comment. We believe that this Harry Leslie Cole died in Perth, Western Australia and is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00130852
Perhaps it is a different Harry Leslie Cole whose grave you have found?
Kind regards
Joanna

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