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Frank Trevor Coleman

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2/Lt # 449958 Fran T COLEMAN2 NZ Div. CAVALRY REGT Died 7.12.2009 aged 87yrsMable COLEMAN Died 15.5.2014 aged 85yrsBoth are buried in the Taruheru Cemetery Blk: RSAAS plot 265

Frank Trevor COLEMAN

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Trevor AWMM
  • Surname
    Coleman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    449958 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1922 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Arthur Trevor & Mabel Estcourt COLEMAN of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Post Office Box 135, Gisborne, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A. T. Coleman (father), Post Office Box 135, Gisborne, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    449958 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    Prisoner of War details unknown AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married three times: Phyl, Peg and Marie and the late Peg; father of Brenda, Christine, Dawne AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 December 2009 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 December 2009 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 39 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 December 2009 AWMM

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26 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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