Reginald Sydney COOMBES

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COOMBES, Reginald Sydney

Service Number:	3668
Enlisted:	13 January 1916, Casula, New South Wales, Australia.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	St Austell, Cornwall, , 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheelwright
Died:	St. Austell, Cornwall., 24 April 1921, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Campdowns Cemetery, Charlestown Grave reference A. II. 4. Wargrave with Private Memorial.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 3668, Casula, New South Wales, Australia.
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3668, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
5 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 3668, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
5 Aug 1916:	Embarked 3668, 30th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, 8th Reinforcements.
22 Mar 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps, 4th Mechanical Transport Company

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Sometimes shown as COOMBE.

Births Dec 1890 Coombes Reginald Sydney St. Austell 5c 96

Married at Penwerris on 25.10.1916 Violet Henrietta Vincent, daughter of George Arrington Vincent-Blacksmith.

Marriages Dec 1916

Coombes Reginald S Vincent Falmouth 5c 297

Vincent Violet H Coombes Falmouth 5c 297

Deaths Jun 1921 Coombes Reginald S 30 St Austell 5c 110

He was 30 and the son of Mary Harvey Beswarrick (formerly Coombes) of 85 Charlestown Road, St Austell, Cornwall. Father was Charles Frederick Coombes-Mariner.

He is remembere on the Charlestown and Holmbush War Memorial and on the Australian Memorial – London.

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