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|Surname and forenames=Coates George William
|Army number=944338
|Rank=Gunner 
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|Date of birth=
|Age=24 (according to CWGC - other record shows 37)
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Died as a PoW.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942
|Died/Killed in action=6/6/1943.
|Home address=Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Coates of Hull.  Buried Grave B4.M.2. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma.
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