COOMBS, Arthur
| Service Number: | 1115 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Teneriffe, Queensland, 7 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 3 August 1941, aged 53 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1115, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1115, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1115, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1115, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded Private, 1115, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (leg, shoulder and right foot) | |
| 24 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1115, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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"CARRIED BULLET, Since Anzac Landing. X-Ray Disclosure.
BRISBANE. September 15. Ever since the morning of the landing at Gallipoli Arthur Coombs, of Toombul, formerly of the 9th Battalion, has carried close to his spine a bullet from a Mauser rifle, but until last week he knew nothing of it. He entered hospital last week for an operation for an internal complaint and an X-ray disclosed the presence of a bullet. Mr. Coombs said that he was struck near the leg and shoulder at the landing but felt little pain and later in the morning was hit in the foot and was put out of action. The foot wound kept him out of the line for a month, but doctors took little notice of the other wounds. He fought through the rest of the war without being injured." - from the Cairns Northern Herald 17 Sep 1938 (nla.gov.au)
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