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COBB, Forbes
Personal Details
Service Number: | 523 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1888 |
Home Town: | Ellerston, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Maitland High School, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Lost at sea - sinking of the Montevideo Maru, Off Cape Bojeador, Luzon Island, The Phillipines, 1 July 1942, aged 53 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney | |
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26 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Pera, Sydney | |
26 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
17 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 523, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
14 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
22 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
7 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, GSW left leg | |
11 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, GSW back - slight | |
8 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, At Taranto, Italy for transport duty to Suez, then in Port Sydney for return to Australia (1914 leave) - disembarking Sydney 4 December 1918. | |
3 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 523, 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
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