John Frederick Keith COMB

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COMB, John Frederick Keith

Service Number:	5348
Enlisted:	7 December 1915, Goulburn, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Hay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ballarat Agriculture High School
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 March 1918
Cemetery:	Somer Farm Cemetery Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Illabarook & Rokewood Junction War Memorial, Rokewood Junction Pictorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

7 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5348, Goulburn, New South Wales
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5348, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5348, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
1 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5348, 53rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...5348 Lance Corporal John Frederick Keith Comb, 17th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, of Swan Hill, Vic. LCpl Comb enlisted on 7 December 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic on 14 April 1916. He was killed in action on 1 March 1918, whilst serving with the 53rd Battalion at Wyteschaete, Belgium, aged 23 years..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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