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Richard Hamilton Coleman

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel C_018. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel C_018. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Hamilton AWMM
  • Surname
    Coleman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    60713 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    60713 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.92 Insurance Clerk/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.92
    Gisborne, Gisborne 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.92
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Richard Coleman was the son of Thomas Alston Coleman and Margaret Stella Coleman, of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Padua War Cemetery, Italy AWMM III. E. 15. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Killed in action of Second Lieutenant Coleman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Coleman, Hinaki street, for whom deep sympathy has been widely expressed. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 June 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21709, 10 MAY 1945, PAGE 6
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2817187
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.92 AWMM

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26 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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