Coen, Francis (Captain, b.1884 - d.1916)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0203
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Diary, Letter
Maker Coen, Francis
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1927; 1915-1916
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/137
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Collection relating to service of Captain Francis Coen, 18 and 19 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes typewritten copies of letters sent home to his mother in Yass, NSW. Copies made by the Memorial 1927. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Captain, 18th & 19th Bns, AIF. Barrister-at law. of Yass, NSW, born Yass, educated at St Ignatius College, Riverview, NSW and Sydney University. Practising as a barrister in Yass, NSW. Served Commonwealth Citizen Forces. Killed in action Pozieres, 28 July 1916, aged 32 years.