Allan Lewis COBBETT

Allan Lewis COBBETT Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

COBBETT, Allan Lewis

Service Number:	557
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, An original member of C Company 40th Bn.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia, 2 November 1895
Home Town:	Cornwall, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in action, Hamel, France, 4 July 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Crucifix Corner Cemetery Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 2. IN MEMORY OF THE LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. COBBETT TASMANIA
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 557, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company 40th Bn.
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 557, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 557, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
16 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion

Help us honour Allan Lewis Cobbett's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Allan Cobbett was working as a miner at Cornwall, Tasmania when he enlisted in 1916. The Cornwall Colliery opened in 1886, and continues to supply coal to Tasmanian industries today. Only 20 years of age, he was just five foot two inches in height (157 cm) and weighed 53 kilograms.

He fought unscathed from late 1916, until he lost his life during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918.

He was the only son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cobbett, of Cornwall, Tasmania. He also had a twin sister, Stella, who passed away in 1983.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia