COLEBORNE, William Ernest
| Service Number: | 4387 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1915, Casula, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales Australia, 1 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mortdale, Hurstville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mortdale Public School, New South Wales Australia |
| Occupation: | Lithographic Artist (Printer) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot: 4387. XXIII. C. 3., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mortdale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Transport A71 HMAT ‘NESTOR’ | |
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| 16 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Casula, New South Wales | |
| 9 Apr 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4387, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4387, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4387, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4387 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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William Ernest Coleborne
Disembarked Troop ship at Port Said 14 May, 1915
Rank at disembarkation rank recorded as Corporal. Army records confirm rank of Acting Sergeant whilst in Egypt. William’s father inquired from the Army, confirmation of William’s rank being Staff Sergeant with 20 Battalion 5th Training Brigade 2nd Australian Division at No. 6 Camp, Rollerston Hills, Wiltshire England. At William’s request to the Army, he reverted to the rank of Corporal on the 24 January, 1917. This appears to have been done by William to get out of training position at Headquarters in England?
Branch of Armed Forces or Service - Army Imperial Forces
Next Of Kin was his wife Agnes ’May’ Coleborne with one child (a daughter May ‘Maisie’ Ruby) of Station Street, Mortdale. William’s father William George Devage Coleborne (____ - 1948) and mother Louisa Christina Peterson Coleborne (____ - 1943) lived at 19 Letitia Street, Oatley. His brother was listed as S.H. Colebourne of 14 Letitia St, Oatley. Family state that William attended Mortdale Public school which he completed.
William was employed as a lithographic Artiste (Printer) prior to his war service.
William was sent to France to re inforce the 18th Battalion arriving on the 1 August, 1917. He was transported to Western front in Belgium on the 4 August, 1917. William was Killed in action on the 10 October, 1917 in First Battle of Passchendaele. William was only 26 years of age. He was Re buried at Tyne Cot British War Cemetary near Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium. Burial Zonnebeke West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium Plot: 4387. XXIII. C. 3. For his war service William was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, The British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
His death is commemorated on the baptismal font at St. Paul's Oatley Anglican Church located at the corner of Rosa and Neville Street, Oatley and nearby at the Mortdale War Memorial located in the Memorial Park at the corner of Boundary Rd and Oxford St, Mortdale NSW 2223.
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