Forenames

Lloyd Watt AWMM

Surname

Coleman AWMM

Also known as

Colman AWMM

Service number

72585 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

10 Dec 1917 RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)

Next of kin

• Mrs Blanche Mary Coleman (mother), Havelock North, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs. B. M Coleman of Hillington, Havelock North AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

72585 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

• Royal Air Force, No. 146 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 115 Squadron AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Distinguished Flying Cross and bar (DFC*) AWMM
  DFC. 1940 Raid on Munich. DFC Bar. May 1941. Egypt. AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Barrister/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Air Operations, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Squadron Leader AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 149 Squadron AWMM

Lloyd Coleman was the son of Herbert Napier Coleman (36739 kia 1918)and Blanche Mary Coleman.

Educated at Hereworth School, Havelock North; Wanganui Collegiate and Pembroke College, Cambridge England where he gained a B.A. and was admitted to the bar, Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple).

Spelling on gravestone is Colman; on CWGC is Coleman

Attended Wanganui Collegiate School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM

Death

11 Mar 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Air Operations AWMM

Cemetery

Beck Row (St John's) Churchyard, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England AWMM Row A. Grave 17. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Obituary: Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 62, 14 March 1942, Page 8
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19420314.2.92&srpos
  Further Reference
• National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait, Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Watt Coleman, DFC by Eric Henri Kennington.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22498456
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2720241/lloyd-watt-coleman/
  Further Reference
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845609
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Auckland Star
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Deceased New Zealanders (Formerly) serving with RAF [Royal Air Force]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845760).
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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• HMNZT Giessen. (1919). The ventilator: H.M.N.Z.T. “Giessen”, August 1919 (C. G. E. Harker, Ed.; H. S. B. Ribbands & E. H. Greenhow, Sub-eds.). 1NZEF. Ferguson and Osborn Ltd.