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Carlton George COLTMAN

Regimental number2540
Place of birthWoolahra, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGlass beveller apprentice
Address13 Hargreaves Street, Hyde Park,Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, John Coltman, 13 Hargreaves Street, Hyde Park,Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 25 July 1916 - 39th Bn 5th Reinforcements; taken on strength 39th Bn 17 April 1917; wounded Messines 3 June 1917; mortally wounded 5 April 1918.
FateDied of wounds 6 April 1918
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death20
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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