Thanks.
I was fairly correct in my thinking then. Now we have a death location for
him.
And so should he be considered a casualty of WWII whether he died on
Canadian or European soil; he was serving his country in time of war.
On another query, I have a James St. Peter/s married to a Salter girl from
Diligent River, born sometime after 1945, in my file. They had a daughter
born in Springhill in 1967. Any relation? You can contact me off the list if
necessary.
Dave
On 1/29/11 7:28 AM, "dblegere" <dblegere@...> wrote:
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> W.H Coleman was serving in Quebec when he died. He and my grandfather, Henry
> St.Peters both of Joggins were serving together. They were on duty at Quebec
> port guarding troop ships. When W.H Coleman died his body was shipped back to
> Joggins by train and my grandfather, Henry St.Peters accompanied the casket
> back to Nova Scotia. Both Henry and William were WWI veterans and with the on
> set of WW II they re-enlisted. W.H Coleman is considered a casualty of WW II
> and his name is inscribed on the cenotaph in Joggins. His grave is listed as a
> war grave in the Veterans Affairs data base.
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> --- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com <mailto:nscumber%40yahoogroups.com> , David
> Winter <davidwinter@...> wrote:
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>> > Hubby of Mary Jane Trask of Wales - Joggins.
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>> > I may be wrong on my military history but I believe the Veterans Guard of
>> > Canada were "older" soldiers and/or WWI Veterans who served various
>> > important military duties here at home in Canada during WWII allowing the
>> > "younger" soldiers to go Overseas.
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>> > If so, then William Harmon Coleman possibly died here in Canada but not
>> > necessarily in Nova Scotia as he's buried in River Hebert. WWII military
>> > casualties were seldom repatriated back home to Canada unlike our present
>> > soldier casualties in Afghanistan.
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>> > He was a WWI Veteran as per his Attestation Papers, dated 12 Jun 1918 at
>> > Aldershot, N.S.
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>> > Casualty Details
>> > Name: COLEMAN, WILLIAM HARMAN
>> > Initials: W H
>> > Nationality: Canadian
>> > Rank: Private
>> > Regiment/Service: Veterans Guard of Canada
>> > Age: 47
>> > Date of Death: 18/02/1945
>> > Service No: F/294
>> > Additional information: Husband of Mary Jane Coleman, of Joggins.
>> > Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
>> > Cemetery: RIVER HEBERT CEMETERY
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