Sergeant [Navigator]

Dudley Dobson Coates

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Thomas Coates and Ethel Coates, of Puha, Auckland, New Zealand husband of Wilna Coates, of Wellington City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

Dudley Dobson Coates was the youngest son of William Thomas and Ethel Mary Coates. William Thomas Coates had emigrated from Yorkshire, England to New Zealand in 1893. Dudly Dobson Coates was born in ... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
421318
Name:
Dudley Dobson Coates
Rank: 
Sergeant
Additional Rank:
Navigator
Date of Birth:
21 September 1909
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
26 May 1943
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
33
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Plot 9. Row 5. Grave 17.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
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