Percy Coleman

Percy Coleman
Coleman in 1922
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Reid
In office
16 December 1922 – 19 December 1931
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJoe Gander
Personal details
Born(1892-10-23)23 October 1892
Surry Hills, Sydney
Died25 May 1934(1934-05-25) (aged 41)
Concord, Sydney
PartyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseElsie Allen Victoria Prince
OccupationClerk
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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.