William COLMAN

Regimental number6/3281
Address8 Queen Street, Westport
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, F Creaner, 8 Queen Street, Westport
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs G Colman, 8 Queen Street, Westport, West Coast
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth

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