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COLEMAN, Walter Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6495 |
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Enlisted: | 6 March 1915, Place of Enlistment, Malanda, Queensland. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1887 |
Home Town: | Yungaburra, Tablelands, Queensland |
Schooling: | Bathurst State School, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Memorial - Atherton Memorial Hospital Yungaburra Cenataph "A noble hero true and brave, peacefully sleeps in a soldier's grave.", Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, Place of Enlistment, Malanda, Queensland. | |
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24 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
24 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
5 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6495, 5th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6495 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 |
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