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COBBOLD, Walter Frederick

Service Number:	7856
Enlisted:	9 September 1915, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chascomus, Buenos Aires, Argentina. , 27 April 1887
Home Town:	Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Manager
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 10 June 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Franvillers Communal Cemetery Plot1, Row F, Site 3
Memorials:	Hughenden R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Roll of Honour, Hughenden War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 7856, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland.
25 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 7856, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 7856, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Bulla
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 20 Field Regiment AMF
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
27 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Field Artillery Regiment
5 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, 28th Infantry Battalion
30 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
27 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
1 Mar 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion
10 Jun 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-06-10

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