NEWCOMBE, Avard Borden
| Service Number: | 4116 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua, Papua New Guinea |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Acute Meningitis, HMAT Boonah, United Kingdom, 7 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4116, 31st Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4116, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4116, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4116, 31st Infantry Battalion, Buried at sea |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Avard Borden NEWCOMBE was born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1869
His parents were Leonard NEWCOMBE & Annie TAYLOR who married in Kings, Nova Scotia in 1866
He had been working as a Miner in the Yodda Goldfields in Papua New Guinea for 15 years prior to coming to Queensland where he enlisted in Townsville on 17th February, 1916 and embarked with the 31st Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements on the ship HMAT Boonah from Brisbane
Avard took ill on board and was admitted to the ships hospital but died from acute meningitis on 7th November, 1916 - he was buried at sea
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton, England
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