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Sapper CHARLES GORDON COOMBS

Service Number: 258482
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Railway Troops

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

E. 59.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin Charles and Mary Coombs, of 22, King George St., Victoria Park, Western Australia. Born at Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 362
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