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Sydney Russell McCOMBE

Regimental number190
Place of birthEuroa Victoria
Other NamesMCCOMBE (from Cemetery Details)
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressStrathbogie via Euroa, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinThomas McCombe, Strathbogie via Euroa, Victoria
Enlistment date22 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 27), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Jane McCOMBE, Strathbogie, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 189 Lance Corporal Charles George McCOMBE MM, 23rd Bn, returned to Australia, 2 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as McCOOMBE.

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