Private George Coleman was born on the 2nd of March 1884, the son of John & Elizabeth Coleman, and lived at 25 Duke Street, Sutton in Ashfield. He enlisted on the 29th of October 1914. and served with the 12th (Pioneer) Battalion. 

George landed in France in August 1915 and saw action at Loos (1915), Ypres (1916), Vimy Ridge (1916), Beaumont Hamel (1916), Arras (1917) and on the Somme (1918), being wounded twice.  He was sadly Killed in Action on the 27th of March 1918, age 34 years, when serving in the trenches near Vrely. 

He has no known grave but is commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, France.