COLEMAN, Leslie William Gordon
| Service Number: | 38 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, 3 yrs Scottish Rifles Newcastle |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Male nurse, Hospital For Insane, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1956, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-34. 54. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 38, 4th Infantry Battalion, 3 yrs Scottish Rifles Newcastle | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 38, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 38, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Field Ambulance, But remained attached to 4th Bn | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Field Ambulance | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Field Ambulance | |
| 8 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Valuable services under heavy fire in attentions to wounded, also many acts of courage and devotion to duty. Commonwealth Gazette No. 189 | |
| 20 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 38, 1st Field Ambulance, 2nd MD |
Help us honour Leslie William Gordon Coleman's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 10th January 1956, Sergeant Leslie William Gordon Coleman (M.M.), 1st Australian Field Ambulance (orthopaedic staff, Reg No-38), male nurse from Hospital for Insane, Watt Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and "Bruwalla", 12 King Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. GENERAL-34. 54.
Born at Katoomba, New South Wales on the 25th November 1889 (not confirmed) to Thomas and Emma Coleman; husband of Ethel May Coleman nee? (married, died?) of Seaham Street, Estelville, West Wallsend, New South Wales and "Maroubra", Denman, N.S.W. and "Allawa", Wybong Road, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., Les enlisted August 1914 with the 4th Battalion at Randwick, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 29.5.1915 (concussion), 19.8.1915 (abscess, slight).
Les returned home December 1918, service records states being gassed, and was discharged on the 20th February 1919.
Awarded Military Medal 8th November 1917.
Mr. Coleman’s name has been inscribed on the West Wallsend Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 8th July 1917, 60 names originally inscribed, 68 names now inscribed, 13 Fallen), West Wallsend and District Soldier's Memorial, Homeville Community Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Leslie’s officially commemorated gravesite in remembrance of his bravery, service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
Click images to start slideshow.