Michael Joseph COLEMAN

COLEMAN, Michael Joseph

Service Number: 6782
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Wexford County, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: 9 December 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 6782, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 6782, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Marital status-Widower

He married Alice Mary Lipscombe aged 32 at the Parish Church, Sutton-at-Hone, near Dartford, Kent England. She was the daughter of William Lipscombe, Paper Maker, and Michael was the son of the late John Coleman, Engineer. The marriage took place on 7th November 1918.
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs Anastatia Coleman, 18 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Enlistment date-13 April 1917
Place of enlistment-Newcastle, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment-Private

19th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
Unit from Nominal Roll 35th Battalion
 
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 16 July 1917-he was 28 at the time.
 
 
 
Returned to Australia 14 January 1919

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