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Stanley William COOMBS

Regimental number3271
Date of birth15 February 1897
Place of birthRenmark, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address74 Hull Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs E McIntyre, 44 Carrington Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date30 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 9 April 1917

FateReturned to Australia 10 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'In the attack on NOREUIL on 2nd April, 1917, Private COOMBS captured an enemy's machine gun single-handed and unarmed and causing three unwounded and two wounded members of the gun team to be taken prisoners.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917

Date of death20 May 1974

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