Keith Anzac COOMBE

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Service Numbers:	S26638, 416829
Enlisted:	6 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Berri, South Australia, 25 April 1920
Home Town:	Berri, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Normandy, France, 7 June 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Hermanville War Cemetery, France 1. U. 11., Hermanville War Cemetery, Hermanville, Normandy, France
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour

6 Aug 1940:	Involvement S26638
6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted SOUTH AUSTRALIA
6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted S26638
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
11 Oct 1941:	Involvement Flying Officer, 416829
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416829
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of Herbert Stanley Coombe and Elsie Ada Coombe

Husband of Dorothy Elsie Coombe of Glenunga, SA

Dakota KG347 of Number 512 Squadron RAF Broadwell crashed in Normandy, France killing:

Flying Officer William Stanley Brennan 411427

Flying Officer Keith Anzac Coombe 416829

Pilot Officer William Henry Stacey Toyne 425075