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James Thomas COLEMAN

Regimental number3155
Place of birthTocumwal, Riverina, New South Wales
Place of birthTocumwal, New South Wales
SchoolPlunkett Street Public School, East Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressDarlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Coleman, 251 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 March 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 10 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 July 1918
Place of death or woundingSailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 10), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Catherine COLEMAN
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Pte William Francis COLEMAN, 19th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, 1916; Sergeant Francis Thomas COLEMAN, 3rd DHQ, mentioned in despatches 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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