Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. B. Coates, Australian Imperial Force, killed in action at Gallipoli, 9 August 1915
1914-15 Star (148 Pte. G. B. Coates. 5/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (148 Pte. G. B. Coates. 5-Bn. A.I.F.) very fine

Three: Sergeant A. Hill, Australian Imperial Force
British War and Victory Medals (785 Sgt. A. Hill 34 Bn. A.I.F.); Defence Medal, nearly very fine

Pair: Sergeant E. Wales, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force, killed in action on the Western Front, 10 June 1917
British War and Victory Medals (8222 Sjt. E. Wales. 6-F.A.B. A.I.F.) good very fine (8) £160-200

George Bernard Coates was born in Hull, Yorkshire, and attested for the Australian Imperial Forces at South Melbourne, Victoria. He served during the Great War with the 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 August 1915, having previously been wounded in the left arm on 26 April 1915. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.

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Ernest Wales was born in York, and attested for the Australian Imperial Forces at Claremont, Tasmania, on 18 August 1915. He served during the Great War with No. 6 Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 June 1917. He is buried in London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Belgium.