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MARCOMBE, Robert John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 377 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Treharris, Wales. , 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), Malta, 29 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Grave D. X. 4., Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 377, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 377, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and the son of William Harvey Marcombe and Fanny Marcombe, of Upper Dee River, Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia. Born at Treharris, Wales. Treharris is a small town and community (and electoral ward) in the Taff Bargoed Valley in the south of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, South Wales.
Births Jun 1895 Marcombe Robert John Merthyr T. 11a 717
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