Francis Allan Coleman

Date of Birth
11 Jun 1893
Date of Death
01 Sep 1954
Biography
Private Francis Allan Coleman (serial no. 29219).
Born on 11 June 1893 in Motupiko, Nelson, New Zealand.
On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his next of kin is listed as W.F. Coleman (father), Motupiko, Nelson, New Zealand.
Worked as farmer possibly for his father in Motupiko, Nelson, New Zealand before enlisting for service during World War One.
Embarked with the 18th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company on 11 October 1916 from Wellington, New Zealand for Plymouth, England.
Served for two years and two hundred and eighty-eight days in Western Europe.
Discharged on 11 April 1919 as no longer physically fit for war service due to an illness contracted on active service.
Died on 1 September 1954 in Blenheim, New Zealand.

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