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COLEMAN, William Austin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 517 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | Boor's Plain, South Australia, 18 November 1874 |
| Home Town: | Norton Summit, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wallaroo Mines Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 July 1917, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Norton Summit War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 517, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 517, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 517, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 517, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 517, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 517 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-07-10 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 517 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of George Coleman and Ellen Bray
Brother of Annie Golding and George Lionel Coleman
Husband of Emily Francis Acton, formerly McIntosh, nee Stevenson
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