| Name |
Arthur Roy COKER |
| _MILT |
1942-45 |
| Australian Army volunteer |
- Name COKER, ARTHUR ROY Service Australian Army Service Number Q213854 Date of Birth 5 May 1913
Place of Birth ROCKHAMPTON, QLD Date of Enlistment 9 Jun 1942 Locality on Enlistment THEODORE, QLD
Place of Enlistment ROCKHAMPTON, QLD Next of Kin COKER, EILEEN Date of Discharge 21 Oct 1945
Rank Private Posting at Discharge 13 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS (QLD) WW2 Honours and Gallantry None
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| Birth |
5 May 1913 |
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia  |
- 1913 Birth in the District of Rockhampton in the State of Queensland. Registered by William Grace Moran. No 446 5th May, 1913 Corner of Archers and Talford streets, Rockhampton. Name: Arthur Roy Sex: Male Father: Harry Coker miner 44 years born Stepney, Middlesex, England. Married (1st) 1889, Calliope, Gladstone, Queensland. (2nd) 31st May, 1899, Mt Morgan, Queensland. Living children: (1st marriage) James 22, Emily Lee 20. (2nd marriage) Walter Frederick 12, John Alexis Dobbs 11, Harry Laurence 10, Harriette Ada Dalphne 8, Archibald Aldridge 6, Edna May 3. Deceased (From second marriage) 1 male.
Mother: Emma Ellen Sophia formerly Aldridge aged 36 years, born Logan, Moreton, Qld. Information: Certified in wiriting by E Coker, mother, Kabra. Witness: Nurse Berrill.
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Arthur Roy Coker Birth date: 05/05/1913
Mother's name: Emma Ellen Sophia Aldridge Father/parent's name: Harry Coker
Registration details:1913/C/11722
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| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Dec 2004 |
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
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| Notes |
- Notes from Rockhampton City Council report regarding Roy and Eileen Coker:
Roy and Eileen Coker were both long-term residents of Rockhampton who resided in the Wandal area. Roy was born in Rockhampton on 5 May 1913 and died on 19 December 2004 aged 91. Eileen was born in Rockhampton on 26 January 1921 and died on 19 June 1999 aged 78. The couple were married in Rockhampton on 17 November 1938 and had five (5) children. Roy served in the 13 Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps (Qld) during WW2.
In 1987, Roy and Eileen received National recognition for their community work with them both being awarded the Order of Australia, General Division for service to the community, as part of the Queen?s Birthday Honours List for that year.
This was followed by State recognition with them both receiving the Premier?s Award. Rockhampton City Council followed suit with the naming of Coker Hall, Coker Park and Coker Playground in their honour.
Coker Community Hall, Coker Park and the Coker Playground were situated on the southern riverbank between Sir Raymond Huish Drive and the Alexander Rail Bridge.
Coker Community Hall was demolished around 2007. Coker Park and the Coker Playground were subsequently demolished in late 2013 as part of redevelopment works at the World War II Memorial Pool complex.
This effectively removed the physical/visible community recognition that had earlier been extended to Roy and Eileen Coker.
In this instance where community recognition was given to Roy and Eileen Coker with some element of perpetuity attached to a community hall, a park and a playground, all of which were demolished, the opportunities to continue that association have been explored in order to convey that same recognition.
The creation of The Roy and Eileen Coker Walk in the nominated area, supported by the installation of appropriate interpretive signage, will revive the linkage of Roy and Eileen Coker to that area and restore the public recognition of their service to the community.
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| Person ID |
I2324 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Father |
Harry COKER, b. 1 Sep 1868, Limehouse, London, Middlesex, England d. 16 Oct 1924, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (Age 56 years) |
| Mother |
Emily Helen Sophia ALDRIDGE, b. 20 Jun 1876, Logan Village, Queensland, Australia d. 23 Jun 1970, Kabra, Queensland, Australia (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
31 May 1899 |
Methodist Manse, East St, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia |
- Copy of certificate of marriage
I David Boyd being a Methodist Minister do hereby certify that I have this day at the Methodist Manse East Mt Morgan duty celebrated marriage between Harry Coker Miner of West Mount Morgan aged 32 years born London Middlesex England Father James Martin Coker (Note: James Martin Coker was Harry's brother, his father's name was James Thomas Coker) clerk, mother Emily Lee AND Emily Ellen Sophia Aldridge of Shandon Hill, Mt Morgan, spinster aged 22, born Logan in Moreton Shire, Queensland. Father Henry Aldridge miner, mother Harriet Phillips. Witnesses Charles Dobbs and Elizabeth Dobbs. Dated this 31st day of May 1899.
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| Family ID |
F364 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1913 - 2004 (91 years)
