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|Surname and forenames=Coates Robert William
|Army number=913434
|Rank=Gunner 
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|Date of birth=
|Age=35
|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=28/12/1943.
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Ruth Coates of Sunderland.  Buried Grave 3.H.4. Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.
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