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Sergeant FRANCIS JOHN COOMBES

Service Number: 1171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. A. 39.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Owen Coombes and Jane Coombes, of Grey St., Carlton, New South Wales. Born at Luton, England.
  • Personal Inscription A MOTHER'S SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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