Forenames

Herbert Napier AWMM

Surname

Coleman AWMM

Service number

WWI 36739 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1885 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Blanche Mary Coleman (wife), Waititirau, Napier, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Jul 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 2 children AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 36739 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 19 Sep 1916 AWMM Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 24 Jul 1917-25 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 89 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 28th Reinforcements, F Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Death

13 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM F.21. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21895938
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-416592.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277872/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277872
  Further Reference

References

• Studholme, J. (1928). New Zealand Expeditionary Force record of personal services during the war of officers, nurses, and first-class warrant officers, and other facts relating to the N.Z.E.F. : unofficial but based on official records. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer.
• In Memoriam, 1914-1918. (1919).Wanganui, N.Z.: Collegiate School.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 11
• Studholme, J. (1928). New Zealand Expeditionary Force record of personal services during the war of officers, nurses, and first-class warrant officers, and other facts relating to the N.Z.E.F. : unofficial but based on official records. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer.
  Studholme, J. (1928). p. 83.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 89 - 1NZEF: 28th Reinforcements. (1917). Te kiwi: 28th Reinf. Cape Times Ltd