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Pte. Ernest John Coles
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Ernest Coles was born in York, Western Australia and attended Mundigong State School, he worked as a farm hand at Blackboy Hill and enlisted aged 22. Ernest was killed in action during the attack on the first day of the Battle of Messines and has no known grave. His name is listed amongst the missing on the Menin Gate in Ypres.