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John COLEMAN

Regimental number4089
Place of birthOxley near Wangaratta, Victoria
SchoolState School, Oxley, Vcitoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGeraldton, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Barbara Colquete Coleman, 27 Frith Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Ambulance
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingCorbie, France
Age at death44.7
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Ann COLEMAN, Oxley, Victoria; husband of B.C. COLEMAN, Sandstone, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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