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COOMBS, Robert George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1728 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey, England, United Kingdom, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Leddington Board School, England |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 64 Headstone inscription reads: One of the best that God could send Alice Commemorated in the Fremantle Cemetery, WA, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1728, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1728, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1728, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin Daniel George Coombs and Eliza Elizabeth Catchpole formerly Coombs of England
Husband of Alice Henrietta Coombs of Central Avenue, Beaconsfield, Fremantle, WA. Father of Robert Arthur Douglas Coombs and Cecil John Edwin Coombs who served with the RAAF in WW2 between 1940-1945
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Boer War for 12 months between March 190 and March 1901 plus about 6 years with as a volunteer with 2nd Middlesex Regiment