COLE, Rex
(Service number 11832)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 18/12/1895 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Farm Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | single | ||
| Next of Kin | Martin T Cole,(father) Roslyn Terrace, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 51, Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 February 1918 | Age | 21 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | KIA | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Oxford Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimataitai School War Memorial; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
son of Martin Thomas Downing and Ada Cole, 5 Roslyn Terrace, Timaru. Also served in Egypt. Brothers who also served,Bertie Leonard Gordon 12/3532, Roy 24139. Four other brothers were on nominal roll but never served.
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