COOMBS, Geoffrey John
| Service Number: | 6708750 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Squadron, RAE |
| Born: | Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia , 25 December 1945 |
| Home Town: | Smithton, Circular Head, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 22 March 1968, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Smithton Cemetery (Tasmania) Plot RC 738 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Smithton Vietnam War Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall |
Vietnam War Service
| 27 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, SN 6708750, 1st Field Squadron, RAE | |
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| 27 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 6708750 |
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Birth: Dec. 25, 1945
Wynyard
Tasmania, Australia
Death: Mar. 22, 1968, Vietnam
6708750 Sapper Geoffrey John Coombs Age 22.
1st Field Squadron Royal Australian Corps of Engineers
He was called up and then volunteered in February 1967. Coombs was killed by a land mine in the Long Hai hills, Phuoc Tuy 22nd March 1968.
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Service Record
Name
Coombs , Geoffrey John
Service Army
Service Number 6708750
Rank Sapper
Date of Birth 25 12 1945
Place of Birth Smithton Tas.
Date of Intake 0/1/1967
NS Training 2 RTB
Follow Up Training 1 Field Squadron
Basic Training Puckapunyal
Next of Kin at time of Service Mr & Mrs Coombs
Operational Service Vietnam
Medals AASM / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star
Information from Nashos Nominal Roll
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