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Herbert Horton TOMBS

Regimental number5852
Place of birthHeathcote Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter and stonemason
AddressCarbon Springs, Railway Town, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs M A Tombs, Carbon Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 24 December 1918
Date of death10 March 1945
Age at death74
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia

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