COLEMAN, Albert Bartholomew
| Service Number: | 1963 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1902, Lytton, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Clunes, Vic., 1879 |
| Home Town: | Tara, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1963, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 16 Feb 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1963, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Lytton, Brisbane, Qld. |
After The War
Sometime after serving in the Boer War, Albert settled in Salisbury, Rhodesia (Now Harare, Zimbabwe), he worked in the mines and in the 1920s he married a lady who had already a family of 12 children, they had another 2 daughters, he then lived until 1958 (aged about 79, his wife having died some 6 or so years earlier). Albert was buried in Salisbury along with his beloved wife. Albert was my Great Grandfather's younger brother. RIP
Submitted 5 October 2022 by Wade Coleman
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Brother of Mrs. J. STEINHOUSER, Agg Street, Newport, Melbourne, Vic.