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Leslie Raswell Elton COLEMAN

Regimental number1889
Place of birthWheeo, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Winduella, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationConfectioner
AddressWheeo via Crookwell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Charles C Coleman, Wheeo via Crookwell, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name55th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/72/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row A, Grave No. 1), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Crookwell Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: Charles and Maria COLEMAN, Wheeo, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Spencer William COLEMAN, 29th Bn, killed in action, 9 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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