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, Canberra 1st Field Squadron Vietnam Honour Roll, Devonport Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Smithton Vietnam War Memorial |
Vietnam War Service
| 27 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 6708750, 1st Field Squadron, RAE , 1st Field Squadron | |
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| 27 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 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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