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Full Name
Second Lieutenant Herbert Napier Coleman
Rank Last Held
Second Lieutenant
Forename(s)
Herbert Napier
Surname
Coleman
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
36739
First Known Rank
Second Lieutenant
Occupation before Enlistment
Sheep farmer
Next of Kin
Mrs B.M. Coleman (wife), Waititirau, Napier, New Zealand
Enlistment Date
19 September 1916
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
28th Reinforcements F Company
Embarkation Date
14 July 1917
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 89
Vessel
Waitemata
Destination
Plymouth, England (24 September 1917)
Nominal Roll Number
69
Page on Nominal Roll
11
Last Unit Served
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion
Place of Death
Somme, France
Date of Death
13 April 1918
Age at Death
35
Year of Death
1918
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Grave Reference
F.21.
Biographical Notes
  • Son of J.H. and Hannah Coleman, of Waititirau, Napier.
  • Husband of B. Mary Coleman.
  • Gained commission (from the ranks) as Second Lieutenant on 14 July 1917 (Studholme 1928).
  • "Killed in action on April 13th, 1918, came here in 1896. He enlisted in the 24th Reinforcements, and after gaining his commission was transferred to the 28th, with whom he left in July, 1917. He was in hospital in November, which kept him in England until the middle of March. He then left for France, joining the Canterbury Regiment, being killed just a month later. After leaving School he went to Jesus College, Cambridge, and on his return here took up sheep farming in the Hastings district. He was buried on the second Sunday after Easter at Beaucart, just behind the hospital." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
Description of Image
Portrait
Further References
  • NZETC topic page for Herbert Napier Coleman. URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-416592.html
  • In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd. [printer], Wanganui, 1919[?]
  • Studholme, J., 1928, 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., Government Printer, Wellington, p. 83.
  • Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918