COLEMAN, Walter
| Service Number: | 5057 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Tandara, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia , 12 May 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wangaratta Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5057, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5057, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5057, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 22 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 25 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5057, 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery, per HT Ceramic | |
| 12 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5057, 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Walt was the eleventh of fourteen children of Thomas Coleman (born 1838 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Margaret Duff (born 1846 in Scotland). Thomas (a Blacksmith) married Margaret in 1864 in Indi, Victoria where they settled and raised their family.
Walt was a Blacksmith and Driver in Freeburgh, Indi, Victoria and in 1909 married Elezabeth Eva Syphers (born 1890 in Young, NSW). Walt enlisted in the AIF in January 1916 (Private; Service No:5057) and served with the 7th Infantry Battalion and 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery in France. He was Discharged in June 1919.
Walt and Eva lived in Freeburgh, Bright, Indi where Walt worked as a Carter. In 1922 they relocated to Wangaratta where Walt was a Farmer. Eva died in 1947 and Walt retired to Eurora, Indi in the 1950's where he died in 1975.
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