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John Thomas COLEMAN

Regimental number2543
Place of birthHaynford, Norfolk, England
SchoolNational School, England
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMaitland, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Florence Coleman, Combarah Springs via Walgett, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in Devonport Hospital, England
FateDied of disease 10 January 1917
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHaynford (All Saints) Churchyard, Norfolk, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Meria COLEMAN, husband of Martha Florence COLEMAN, Haynford, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Other detailsMedal: British War Medal

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