COMB, John Frederick Keith
Service Number: | 5348 |
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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 | |
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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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"...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)