Maynes Samuel MCCOMBE

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MCCOMBE, Maynes Samuel

Service Number:	2857
Enlisted:	11 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Long Gully, Victoria, Australia , 1893
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Bunbury State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Cashier
Died:	Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918
Cemetery:	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Plot III, Row J, Grave No 8. IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON WRITE IT OF HIM HE LOVED HIS FELLOW MAN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Bunbury Wesley Church World War One Memorial Windows, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 48th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 48th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcement, HMAT A8 Argyllshire, Fremantle
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Louise McCOMBE, Albert Road, Bunbury, Western Australia.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The Bunbury South Western Times printed a letter from Captain D.A. Twining M.C., M.M., a most famous soldier of the 48th Battalion, to Maynes McCombe’s mother in July 1918, under the heading, "WHAT GREATER LOVE HATH ANY MAN."

HOW MAYNES McCOMBE DIED.

“During the week Mrs. McCombe, of Wittenoom Street, Bunbury received the following letter from Capt. David. A. Twining, describing how her son, Private Maynes McCombe, of the 48th Battalion, was killed through his noble action in saving a wounded pal: — "By this post I am sending you your son Maynes' Testament. Please accept my deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement. Your son was one of the most gallant and promising men we had and would have risen high had he lived. He met his death in a most wonderful manner, going out into the heaviest barrage I have seen, since Pozieres to bring in a wounded pal, but was killed himself just after he got him to safety. Maynes was working in my orderly room and was very highly thought of by everybody. I'm afraid I am unable to tell you exactly how I feel about your son's death, but I think I can realize in a small measure how you must feel such a gallant boy's death.”

His brother, 1411 Pte. Herbert James McCombe 10th Light Horse Regiment enlisted in 1915 and returned to Australia.

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