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COLEMAN, Claude Hamilton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1343 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Enlisted at Nhill, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | North Williamstown State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lancashire Landing Cemetery Row K, Grave 45 Headstone inscription reads: Duty nobly done loved by all Died on board Osmanieh just off Gallipoli Peninsula , Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1343, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Nhill, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1343, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1343, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 2 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1343, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to both legs and the side of his body |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Hamilton Coleman and Catherine Coleman nee Persse of 15 North Road, Newport, Victoria. Brother of William P. Coleman, Kathleen Iris Coleman and Eileen Dorie Coleman
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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