John F Coleman

John was born in Sheerness on 27 Feb 1912, son of Guy Coleman and Edith Coster

These records are taken from his discharge book and cover his service in the Merchant Navy from 1936 until 1951.

I would think that his time after 1951 would have been away from Union-Castle as there is no record of him attaining command with the company.

He was Mentioned in Despatches (MID) January 1945

Awarded the Reserve Decoration (RD) November 1946

John joined the RFA and attained the rank of Master.

John was married and had children

He died in April 2000 in Portsmouth

Service Record	From	To
Umona 2nd Officer	9/1936	12/1936
Dunnottar Castle 4th Officer	2/1938	10/1938
Balmoral Castle 4th Officer	12/1938	12/1938
Dundrum Castle 3rd Officer	1/1939	12/1939
RNR Service	WW2
Roslin Castle Chief Officer	8/1946	9/1947
Stirling Castle 2nd Officer	9/1947	10/1947
Capetown Castle 2nd Officer	12/1947	5/1948
Capetown Castle 1st Officer	5/1948	7/1948
Capetown Castle 2nd Officer	7/1948	8/1948
Capetown Castle 1st Officer	9/1948	7/1950
Winchester Castle 1st Officer	3/1951	8/1951
Carnarvon Castle 1st Officer	3/1951	8/1951
Carnarvon Castle Chief Officer	9/1951	12/1951
Died	April 2000

RNR Service Record	From	To
HMS Scarborough Lt	1/1940	4/1940
HMS Drake (Devonport) Lt	4/1940	10/1940
HMS Crispin Lt	10/1940	2/1941 Torpedoed & sunk
HMS Rothesay Lt (Nav Officer)	7/1941	12/1941
HMS Venemous Lt (Nav Officer)	8/1942	2/1943
HMS Prinses Beatrix Lt (1st Lt and Nav Officer)	3/1943	12/1943
HMS Prinses Beatrix Lt Cdr (Command)	4/1944	6/1944
HMS Smiter Lt Cdr (Nav Officer)	11/1944	7/1945
Retired from RNR	2/1957

John Fulcher Coleman

RD RNR