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COOMBES, Cecil Walter

Service Number:	NX31051
Enlisted:	10 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1894
Home Town:	Rosebery, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Davistown, New South Wales, Australia, 28 January 1979, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX31051
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX31051
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX31051, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
11 Mar 1944:	Discharged Private, NX31051, Posting at discharge - 3rd Static Laundry
11 Mar 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX31051
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX31051, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein