Coates.+Thomas+WW1

Thomas Coates.

Born 1897 Enlisted on 14-1-16 when aged 18 years. In Reserve until mobilized on 24-3-17. Joined Royal Army Service Corps. ,Motor Transport Division. Service number 302695. Unmarried and a Spinner. Next of kin was father Thomas Coates of 18 Dockroyd, Oakworth. Served in France as a Driver. Travelled on 20-6-17 overland from Le Havre to Marseilles then by ship to Alexandria. Served in Egypt and Albania and Nablus. Treated for lumbago in 1917 in Albania and had several spells in hospital with malaria. Embarked on the "Himalaya" from Alexandria on 26-10-19 before being demobbed.