Fernleigh George COLEMAN

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COLEMAN, Fernleigh George

Service Number:	2766
Enlisted:	3 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plymouth, England, 1880
Home Town:	Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	St Arnaud School
Occupation:	Miner/Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Mouquet Farm, France, 13 August 1916
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 7, Row B, Grave 53
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2766, Melbourne, Victoria
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2766, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2766, 14th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
13 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2766, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2766 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-13

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Biography contributed

Fernleigh was born as Fernley George COLEMAN in Plymouth, England in 1880

His parents were Edward Bennett COLEMAN & Sarah Jane Pearce BONE who married in Camelford, UK in 1876

He married Elizabeth HIGGS in Victoria in 1905

Biography

Mortally wounded at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres on 13 Aug 1916, by shrapnel whilst engaged in digging out some of his mates, who had been buried by a shell explosion.

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