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COBB, Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1635 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Montrose, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 May 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Grave III. K. 17. INSCRIPTION HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS , Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1635, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1635, 49th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 years old.
He is one of six Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Montrose War Memorial. There are at least the same number of Montrose born Australian soldiers who fell and are not recorded there. Montrose (Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Rois) is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers. It is the northernmost coastal town in Angus and developed at a natural harbour that traded in skins, hides and cured salmon in medieval times.
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