COMBES, Alan Chester
| Service Number: | 252495 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | 7 August 1889, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Meteorologist |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 October 1944, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Plot A. Row B. Grave 11., Cornelian Bay Public Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Squadron Leader, 252495 | |
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| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 252495 |
Collapse at Hobart
Sq-Leader A.C. Combes, Divisional Meteorologist for Tasmania, died at Hobart yesterday. He collapsed outside Anglesea Barracks at 6.15 pm, and was dead on admittance to the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Mr. Combes succeeded Mr J.C. Foley nearly seven years ago as Government Meteorologist . He was educated at the Model State School and the Friend's School. He joined the Hobart Weather Bureau as clerk in 1910. He was transferred to the Central Bureau, Melbourne, in June 1937, and attended a special course of aviation meteorology.
Mr. Combes also studied at the Melbourne University under the German meteorologist, Dr. Loewe. After passing examinations, he was appointed.
He was the second son of the late Herbert and Edith Combes, of Longley, meteorologist at Cambridge aerodrome, and is survived by his wife.
Submitted 13 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Squadron Leader Alan Chester Combes 252495 was the Divisional Meteorologist for Tasmania and he was based at RAAF Headquarters Hobart
He collapsed outside Anglesea Barracks at 6.15 pm and was dead on admittance to the Royal Hobart Hospital
Son of Herbert and Edith Combes
Husband of Mable Jane Combes of Hobart, Tasmania
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