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Robert COMB

Regimental number5708
Date of birth25 April 1900
Place of birthNhill, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBoundary rider
AddressSea Lake, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinBrother, William Comb, Swan Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date8 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 13 September 1918

FateReturned to Australia 12 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919

Other details

Enlisted two months short of his 16th birthday. War service: Western Front. Wounded at Villers-Bretonneux. Won the Military Medal at Mont St Quentin, 1 September 1918, for single-handedly knocking out a German machine gun crew.

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death26 April 1997
Age at death97

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