COOMBES, Charles Arncliffe
| Service Number: | 10134 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia , July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Arncliffe Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 13 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery II G 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10134, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 10134, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 10134, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 13 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 10134, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Bullecourt (Second) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Arncliffe COOMBES was born in Arncliffe, NSW in 1892
His parents were William & Elizabeth COOMBES
He married Jessie REEVES in Sydney in 1915
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Charles Arncliffe Coombes, the second son of Mr. W.H. Coombes, of Bay Road, North Sydney, was born at Arncliffe in 1893, and educated at the Arncliffe Superior Public School. He joined the advertising staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1911.
In August 1915, he enlisted as a Gunner in the 5th Field Artillery. After a period of training in Egypt, he proceeded to France, and took part in much heavy fighting. He was killed in action at Bullecourt, on May 13, 1917.
A brother, Gunner, W.H. Coombes, also served, and was in the original landing on Gallipoli.
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