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John COLEMAN

Regimental number3374
Place of birthEngland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
AddressCamperdown, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Muriel Coleman, 110 Australia Street, Camperdown, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 December 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialLancashire Cottage Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 2), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christoper and Elizabeth COLEMAN; husband of Muriel COLEMAN, Vineyards, Riverstone, New South Wales. Native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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