Days of Rome and Boxing.

G'day everyone,
My name is Myles; I have a few questions to ask about my grandfather George Coleman and his time in the Army as a RE and the some of the stories he told me about the boxing tournaments the 8th Army held. George migrated post war in the early 1950's to Australia, I am a veteran also, Vice President of an RSL sub Branch and George was a big inspiration in me joining up. George (pop) died in 1989. I was extremely close to pop and he told me a lot of stories about his time in the war, especially in Italy and his love for boxing in the Army.
I am currently in the process of trying to get a copy of Pops service records. Have sent off a copy of his death certificate so fingers crossed. I know it's a process and never straight forward!
Part 1; Sapper George Coleman RE 14502447 Joined up late 1941 discharged 27 September 1946.
Pop left me a bunch of stories and some pictures. Would anyone on here have anything that references George and his time as a RE working with the Eighth Army. He told me he actually didn't mind being in Italy during the final stages of the campaign. (pic in front of the Colosseum Pop is 2nd from left)
Part 2; Pop told me stories about a soldier he met from Cardiff called Tommy McGrath and they became good mates. Pop said that he became Tommys primary sparring buddy and that they met and took on some great fighters. He mentioned one of the greatest weeks of his life was in Algiers at the North African boxing titles. He spoke about a Frenchman called Marcel Cerdan who was lightening quick however he said Tommy was the toughest man he met in the war. I have a newspaper article about Pop being Tommys sparring buddy and a 1944 Time magazine that reports on Tommy being the only British winner of any division. It says there were 16 championship fights, Americans took out 13. (I was told Tommy was standing next to pop in front of Colosseum)