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Robert John MARCOMBE

Regimental number377
Place of birthTreharris, Wales
SchoolPerry-Graig Board School, Great Britain
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRace Course Road, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, William Marcombe, Race Course Road, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Enlistment date3 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of disease 29 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20.6
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Block D, Row X, Grave No. 4), Malta
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
108
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Harveyand Fanny MARCOMBE, of Upper Dee River, Mount Morgan, Queensland.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 20832 Gunner William H. Marcombe, 9th Field Artillery Brigade, 35th Battery; Killed in action 23 June 1918, France.
Other detailsDied of Pneumonia, contracted at Gallipoli. Sent to hospital in Malta.

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