Parents - William Coltman and Thirza Brown
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 27 August 1914
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 15 May 1877
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Company Manager
Died: Pneumonia, Egypt, 6 January 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
VIC Birth Reg #6686/1877
Married widow Annie Gibbes nee Bartram at St Marks Darling Point on 31 Mar 1909
NSW Marriage Reg #6578/1909
Charles Stanley COLTMAN WW1 Service Details
Date of birth 15 May 1877
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
School Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Company manager
Address 45 Hunter Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital status Widower
Age at embarkation 37
Next of kin Father, William Coltman, 'Melton', Ascot Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military service Served in South African War, 4th Imperial Regt 1900; Hon Capt 5th Imperial Regt 1901.
Enlistment date 27 August 1914
Rank on enlistment HON CAPT
Unit name 4th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/21/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Major
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)
Recommendation date: Report by Colonel N.M. Smyth 13 August 1915
Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916).
Recommendation date: Refers Lone Pine 6 August 1915
Died 3rd Australian Hospital, Gheziteh, Cairo, Egypt, of pneumonia.
Fate Died of disease 6 January 1916
Date of death 6 January 1916
Age at death 38
Age at death from cemetery records 38
Place of burial Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 248), Egypt
Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 39
Medals
Military Cross
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44
Date: 6 April 1916
Family/military connections Brother: Pte Percy Edgar COLTMAN, killed Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916.
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 27 August 1914
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 15 May 1877
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Company Manager
Died: Pneumonia, Egypt, 6 January 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
VIC Birth Reg #6686/1877
Married widow Annie Gibbes nee Bartram at St Marks Darling Point on 31 Mar 1909
NSW Marriage Reg #6578/1909
Charles Stanley COLTMAN WW1 Service Details
Date of birth 15 May 1877
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
School Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Company manager
Address 45 Hunter Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital status Widower
Age at embarkation 37
Next of kin Father, William Coltman, 'Melton', Ascot Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military service Served in South African War, 4th Imperial Regt 1900; Hon Capt 5th Imperial Regt 1901.
Enlistment date 27 August 1914
Rank on enlistment HON CAPT
Unit name 4th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/21/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Major
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)
Recommendation date: Report by Colonel N.M. Smyth 13 August 1915
Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916).
Recommendation date: Refers Lone Pine 6 August 1915
Died 3rd Australian Hospital, Gheziteh, Cairo, Egypt, of pneumonia.
Fate Died of disease 6 January 1916
Date of death 6 January 1916
Age at death 38
Age at death from cemetery records 38
Place of burial Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 248), Egypt
Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 39
Medals
Military Cross
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44
Date: 6 April 1916
Family/military connections Brother: Pte Percy Edgar COLTMAN, killed Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916.
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents - William Coltman and Thirza Brown
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 27 August 1914
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 15 May 1877
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Company Manager
Died: Pneumonia, Egypt, 6 January 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
VIC Birth Reg #6686/1877
Married widow Annie Gibbes nee Bartram at St Marks Darling Point on 31 Mar 1909
NSW Marriage Reg #6578/1909
Charles Stanley COLTMAN WW1 Service Details
Date of birth 15 May 1877
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
School Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Company manager
Address 45 Hunter Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital status Widower
Age at embarkation 37
Next of kin Father, William Coltman, 'Melton', Ascot Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military service Served in South African War, 4th Imperial Regt 1900; Hon Capt 5th Imperial Regt 1901.
Enlistment date 27 August 1914
Rank on enlistment HON CAPT
Unit name 4th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/21/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Major
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)
Recommendation date: Report by Colonel N.M. Smyth 13 August 1915
Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916).
Recommendation date: Refers Lone Pine 6 August 1915
Died 3rd Australian Hospital, Gheziteh, Cairo, Egypt, of pneumonia.
Fate Died of disease 6 January 1916
Date of death 6 January 1916
Age at death 38
Age at death from cemetery records 38
Place of burial Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 248), Egypt
Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 39
Medals
Military Cross
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44
Date: 6 April 1916
Family/military connections Brother: Pte Percy Edgar COLTMAN, killed Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916.
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 27 August 1914
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 15 May 1877
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Company Manager
Died: Pneumonia, Egypt, 6 January 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
VIC Birth Reg #6686/1877
Married widow Annie Gibbes nee Bartram at St Marks Darling Point on 31 Mar 1909
NSW Marriage Reg #6578/1909
Charles Stanley COLTMAN WW1 Service Details
Date of birth 15 May 1877
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
School Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Company manager
Address 45 Hunter Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital status Widower
Age at embarkation 37
Next of kin Father, William Coltman, 'Melton', Ascot Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military service Served in South African War, 4th Imperial Regt 1900; Hon Capt 5th Imperial Regt 1901.
Enlistment date 27 August 1914
Rank on enlistment HON CAPT
Unit name 4th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/21/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Major
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)
Recommendation date: Report by Colonel N.M. Smyth 13 August 1915
Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916).
Recommendation date: Refers Lone Pine 6 August 1915
Died 3rd Australian Hospital, Gheziteh, Cairo, Egypt, of pneumonia.
Fate Died of disease 6 January 1916
Date of death 6 January 1916
Age at death 38
Age at death from cemetery records 38
Place of burial Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 248), Egypt
Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 39
Medals
Military Cross
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44
Date: 6 April 1916
Family/military connections Brother: Pte Percy Edgar COLTMAN, killed Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916.
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Inscription
"NO THOUGHT OF GLORY TO BE WON
THERE WAS HIS DUTY TO BE DONE AND HE DID IT"
Gravesite Details
Major, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 38.
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