Pte
Andrew Joseph Coyne

Information about birth

Date of birth:
07/03/1892
Place of birth:
Ma Ma Creek, Queensland, Australia

General information

Last known residence:
Ma Ma Creek, Queensland, Australia
Profession:
Jockey, Paardenrenner
Religion:
Roman Catholic

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
1686
Enlistment date:
20/07/1915
Enlistment place:
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Units:
 —  Australian Infantry, 47th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
12/10/1917
Place of death:
Defy Crossing, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
25

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: III
Row: A
Grave: 10

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 2

#1 Enlistment place
#2 Sterfteplaats

Sources 4

A.J. Coyne, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1916. (2014). [Graphic]. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
http://trove.nla.gov.au
Sources used
Deayton Craig , Battle Scarred: the 47th Battalion in the First World War (Newport Big Sky publishing Ltd, 2011).156-188.
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, Coyne, Andrew Joseph).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/
Sources used
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 2018), 129-132.
Sources used