Forbes COBB

COBB, Forbes

Service Number: 523
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Sydney
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1888
Home Town: Ellerston, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Maitland High School, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Lost at sea - sinking of the Montevideo Maru, Off Cape Bojeador, Luzon Island, The Phillipines, 1 July 1942, aged 53 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Maitland High School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney
26 Sep 1914: Embarked Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Pera, Sydney
26 Sep 1914: Involvement Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: ''
17 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 Jun 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
22 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
7 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, GSW left leg
11 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, GSW back - slight
8 Oct 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, At Taranto, Italy for transport duty to Suez, then in Port Sydney for return to Australia (1914 leave) - disembarking Sydney 4 December 1918.
3 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade

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