COOMBE, Victor Ronald
| Service Number: | 1019 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania Transferred soon after to the 15 Battalion prior to embarkation; exact date unknown |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia, 8 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Died of wounds, King George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 29 September 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London England Cemetery record is 16.33431O, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial, Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1019, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania Transferred soon after to the 15 Battalion prior to embarkation; exact date unknown | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 1019, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 1019, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1019, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the upper body. In 1 May 1915 transferred to Mustapha | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1019, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe head wounds invalided to Malta on 14 August 1915 | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1019, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1019 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-09-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Thomas and Isabella Jemima Coombe of Ulverstone, Tasmania formerly of Latrobe, Tasmania. Brother of Bernard Raymond Coombe who returned to Australia on 23 October 1918 having served with the 4th Machine Gun Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 29th September…… Victor Ronald Coombe was born at Campbell Town, Tasmania on 8th December, 1888.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 20th September, 1914 as a 25 year old, single, Storekeeper’s assistant from (care of) William Thomas Coombe, Storekeeper, Latrobe, Tasmania.
Sergeant Victor Ronald Coombe, Service number 1019, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 22nd December, 1914 with the 15th Infantry Battalion “G” Company.
On 12th April, 1915 Sergeant Coombe proceeded to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) at Gallipoli Peninsula.
Sergeant Victor Ronald Coombe was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 26th April, 1915. He was admitted to E. G. (Government) Hospital at Alexandria on 1st May, 1915 with G.S.W. (Gunshot wound/s) to upper extremities. Sergeant Coombe was transferred to Convalescent Camp at Mustapha on 20th May, 1915. He was transferred to Overseas Base at Mustapha on 1st June, 1915 then on 21st June, 1915 he was transferred to Convalescent Camp at Cyprus with G.S.W. to Shoulder. Sergeant Coombe disembarked at Alexandria from Surada from Cyprus (no date recorded). He embarked from Overseas Base at Mustapha on Cawdor Castle on 28th July, 1915 then embarked from Alexandria on 29th July, 1915 for Dardanelles. Sergeant Coombe rejoined 15th Battalion at Gallipoli Peninsula on 2nd August, 1915.
He was wounded in action (2nd occasion) at Gallipoli on 8th August, 1915 (Note: Later communications to his father stated Sergeant Coombe was wounded between 7th & 8th August, 1915). He was admitted to No. 16 Field Ambulance (as per handwritten Casualty Form, however the typed Casualty Form recorded he was admitted to 16th Casualty Clearing Station) at Anzac on 8th August, 1918 with G.S.W. to Head – severe then was transferred to Hospital Ship Itonus & admitted to Military Hospital, Auberge de Baviere, Malta on 14th August, 1915. Sergeant Coombe was transferred to Hospital Ship Carisbrook Castle on 26th August, 1915 seriously ill & embarked for England.
From War Diary of 15th Battalion for 8th August, 1915 – 7 Officers were wounded & missing & 3 Officers were wounded. Other ranks – 100 were killed, 95 wounded & missing & 185 wounded.
On 3rd September, 1915 Sergeant Coombe was admitted to King George’s Hospital, Stamford St, London, England.
Sergeant Victor Ronald Coombe died on 29th September, 1915 at King George’s Hospital, Stamford St, London, England from wounds received in action at Gallipoli Peninsula - G.S.W. to Head.
He was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Nunhead, Greater London, England where 27 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/nunhead.html
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