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COBURN, Frederick Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3273 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1915, Posted to E Company 8th Depot Bn Flemington Victoria for 11th reinforcement’s 8th Bn |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Salvage Company |
| Born: | Melton, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Melton, Melton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melton State School , Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Windsor, Victoria, Australia , 18 October 1977 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Melton War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3273, Depot Battalion , Posted to E Company 8th Depot Bn Flemington Victoria for 11th reinforcement’s 8th Bn | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3273, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3273, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 8th Bn reinforcement’s to 59th Bn in Egypt on reorganisation of the AIF | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF), Completion of Grenade School 30th July 1916 Engineer School 2nd September 1916 Trench Mortar School 1st October 1916 | |
| 24 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, Temporary Transfer to 5th Division Salvage Coy from 59th Bn in the field France | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Salvage Company | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, Third Ypres | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 13 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, Wounded in action Gas poisoning France Evacuated to UK 23rd May 1918 | |
| 15 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital then No3 Command Depot Hurdcott treatment and convalescence over the period till 15 December 1918 | |
| 15 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit On HT City Exeter Gas shell poising | |
| 24 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3273, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GS shell poising |
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