Laurie Anthony COOMBE

COOMBE, Laurie Anthony

    Service Numbers: SX25862, S47372
    Enlisted: 13 June 1942
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/4th Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 30 May 1910
    Home Town: Glandore, Marion, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Compositor
    Died: Aircraft Accident , Merauke, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1945, aged 35 years
    Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
    Plot C8. Row B. Grave 4.
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dakota Transport A65-61, SA Government Printing Office WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 2 Service

    13 Jun 1942: Enlisted Private, SX25862
    13 Jun 1942: Involvement Private, S47372, 2nd/4th Pioneer Battalion
    13 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX25862, 2nd/4th Pioneer Battalion

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    RAAF Dakota A65-61 (VH-CUT) from 38SQN crashed near Merauke, Dutch NG while on a mission to evacuate wounded servicemen to Australia - the RAAF crew of 10 and the 19 soldiers on board were all killed in the accident.  The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in 1970 with the remains of those killed interred in Bomana Cemetery

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