Walter Leslie COLEMAN

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Service Number:	6495
Enlisted:	6 March 1915, Place of Enlistment, Malanda, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1887
Home Town:	Yungaburra, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Bathurst State School, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
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.", Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst Citizens who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice Honour Roll, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates

6 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, Place of Enlistment, Malanda, Queensland.
24 May 1915:	Involvement Driver, 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked Driver, 6495, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 6495, 5th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6495 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

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