COLEMAN, Cyril Francis
| Service Number: | 2287 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterers labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Catholic_1, Section 22, Lot 90 |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2287, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2287, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2287, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2287, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW right foot | |
| 22 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2287, 34th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
64 years ago today, on the 11th March 1959, Private Cyril Francis Coleman, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2287), plasterer's labourer from 32 Phoebe Street, Islington, New South Wales and 2 William Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. CATHOLIC 1-22. 90.
Note – headstone inscription incorrectly states date of death as the 11th March, should be the 9th March 1959.
Born at Islington, New South Wales 1897 as Francis Cyril to John Michael and Margaret Coleman; husband of Nellie Coleman nee Hughes (married 1925, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1927, sleeping here, 32 years a widower), Cyril enlisted on the 25th February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 16.7.1917 (GSW left foot, slight).
Admitted to hospital 21.11.1917 (little toe to be amputated), 21.6.1918 (influenza), 28.1.1919 (not stated), 19.9.1919 (urethritis).
Cyril returned home on the 30th October 1919, being discharged on the 22nd December 1919.
Mr. Coleman’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board 1.
Older brother James Michael (born Armidale, New South Wales 10.12.1886, railway porter from 32 Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales, married, enlisted 27.11.1915, 35th Battalion, Reg No-1092, RTA invalided 16.5.1919, laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 3rd August 1968, age 81). CATHOLIC 3-93. 74. Wooden cross and plaque erected by owners, date unknown. New wooden cross erected - 12.3.2016.
Many thanks to Mr. Coleman's great nephew Bruce Oakes for the notification and family history.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at the Coleman gravesite in remembrance of Cyril’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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