Walter Leslie COLEMAN

COLEMAN, Walter Leslie

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 War Memorial Carillon, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates
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World War 1 Service

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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