COMBE, Robert
(Service number 58650)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 August 1874 | Place of Birth | Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Morven, NZ | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Miss Jane COMBE (sister), Musselburgh, Scotland; later Mr Robert COMBE 9nephew), Chertsey, Ashburton Mrs A. COMBE (wife), 12 Lorne Street, Leith, North Britain | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements, H Company | ||
| Date | 13 October 1917 | ||
| Transport | Corinthic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 18 December 1938 | Age | 60 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert Combe was the son of Robert and Elizabeth (née Blair) Combe. He was at home in Scotland with his family in 1881 and 1891. He married first in 1903 to Anne Young Pearson, who died in 1914 in Scotland. Robert had been in New Zealand for 2 years when he attested in 1917, having arrived in New Zealand with his nephew (also Robert Combe) from Edinburgh. His second marriage was to Agnes Gilchrist Somerville in 1919, presumably before he returned to New Zealand. Robert Combe was drawn in the seventh ballot in 1917, when working at Morven.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 May 2019]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018]; Bromley Cemetery headstone transcription [13 May 2019]; SCRoll web submission from L Owen, 19 July 2022
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