Vernon Albert COOMBES

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Service Number:	SX11391
Enlisted:	22 February 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 14 September 1918
Home Town:	Blackwood, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rabbiter
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 24 December 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 6. Row A. Grave 19. Inscription: "FOR KING AND COUNTRY".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Feb 1941:	Involvement Private, SX11391, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
22 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11391, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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