Percy Coleman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Percy Coleman

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1892

Place of Birth: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 25-May-1934

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Percy Edmund Creed Coleman (23 October 1892 – 25 May 1934) was an Australian union organiser and politician.
Born at Surry Hills in Sydney to Thomas Coleman and Ellen, née Creed, Coleman was orphaned when still a young child and, after a New Zealand education, went to sea at the age of 13.
After three years, he was a clerk with the Sydney branch of the Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia, and by 1916 he was general secretary of the United Clerks' Union of New South Wales.