COLEMAN, William Henry
| Service Number: | WX11606 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greenbushes, Western Australia, 2 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Kirup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 2 November 1985, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bridgetown Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Kirup War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, WX11606, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11606, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, ex Fremantle to Middle East | |
| 13 Nov 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Feb 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX11606, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East to Adelaide per Durban Castle | |
| 22 Mar 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Aug 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX11606, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns to Aitape | |
| 25 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, WX11606, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, ex Wewark to Sydney per Shropshire | |
| 21 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, WX11606, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bill was the sixth of seven children of Henry (Harry) Coleman (b1866 in Maryborough, Victoria) and Alice Jane Stinton (b1887 in Greenbushes, WA). Harry (a Miner) and Alice married in 1907 in Blackwood, WA and settled in Greenbushes where Harry was a Miner.
Bill was a Labourer in Kirup (near Balingup) WA when he enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1941. He served as a Private (Service No:WX11606) with 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion and by 1945 was a WOII. He served in the Middle East (9 September 1941 to 19 March 1942) and New Guinea (11 November 1944 to 30 November 1945) and was Discharged in December 1945.
Bill returned to Greenbushes WA and in 1947 married Dorothy Agnes Fleeton (b1922 in Bridgetown, WA). Bill and Dorothy settled in Bridgetown WA where Bill worked as a Tractor Driver and Truck Driver. Bill died in 1985 and Dorothy in 2009.
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