COOMER, Francis John
Service Number: | 792 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, September 1894 |
Home Town: | Wongan Hills, Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Accidental grenade explosion during training, Second Army Grenade School of Instruction, France, 23 September 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 20 |
Memorials: | Wongan Hills War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 792, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 792, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 792, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
30 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 792, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to hand slight | |
1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
13 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
1 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
26 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
23 Sep 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-09-23 |
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From 52nd Battalion AIF
Francis COOMER was an early enlistee in August 1914 and embarked with the originals of the 12th Bn on HMAT A7 Medic on 2 November 1914. He was part of the Landing at Gallipoli and was wounded sometime during 25-28 April 1915. After the evacuation, he was transferred to the 52nd Bn. Promoted to 2nd Lt on 26 August 1916, just before he was seconded to the 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was accidentally killed by a premature explosion of a bomb at the Second Army Grenade School of Instruction.