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COLEMAN, Walter Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6495 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Yungaburra, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Memorial - Atherton Memorial Hospital Yungaburra Cenataph "A noble hero true and brave, peacefully sleeps in a soldier's grave." |
| Memorials: | Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, SN 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, Third Ypres | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, SN 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, SN 6495, 5th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres |
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