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COOMBE, Oscar Augusta
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2613, 2613A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia, 27 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Tammin, Tammin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm manager |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mundaring War Memorial, Tammin Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Oscar went into the attack on Mouquet Farm in September 1916 with his brother, 1739 Private Howard Stanley Coombe, 51st Battalion AIF. Oscar was killed and Howard was severely wounded in the left thigh during the assault. Howard's left leg was amputated 3 days later in a Clearing Station and he was evacuated to England. He was returned to Australia during July 1917.
They were the sons of James and Agnes Coombe who were farming at Mundaring, Western Australia at the time of Oscar's death.