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COOMBE, Oscar Augusta
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2613, 2613A |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia, 27 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Tammin, Tammin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm manager |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mundaring War Memorial, Tammin Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2613, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2613, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2613, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2613A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2613A awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Oscar went into the attack on Mouquet Farm in September 1916 with his brother, 1739 Private Howard Stanley Coombe, 51st Battalion AIF. Oscar was killed and Howard was severely wounded in the left thigh during the assault. Howard's left leg was amputated 3 days later in a Clearing Station and he was evacuated to England. He was returned to Australia during July 1917.
They were the sons of James and Agnes Coombe who were farming at Mundaring, Western Australia at the time of Oscar's death.