Cyril Warren Coltman

Forenames

Cyril Warren AWMM

Surname

Coltman AWMM

Also known as

Cyril Colman AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/649 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 15 Stanley Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs C.W. Coltman (wife), care of William Coltman, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/649 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-22 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 31 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Sergeant AWMM C Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Son of William and Mary Jane Coltman, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

NB Surname in Roll of Honour spelled Colman, but Official History and Embarkation Rolls have it spelled Coltman.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr W. Coltman, Queen St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 6. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1916. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• The Borough of Newmarket War Memorial, Auckland Council Archives AWMM
• St David's Church, 68 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21896406
  Further Reference
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Devonport War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
  Further Reference
• Newmarket Roll of Honour World War I Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/NMB008/searchnewmarket.htm
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1259
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/58401/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/58401
  Further Reference

References

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 142
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1916, Second term. p.12
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 31 - Tahiti Magazine. [1915]. [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 31, Tahiti] [On board ship].