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Military service
Service number:
418903
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1894
Enlistment:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late John J. and Mary Coombes.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Coombes
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 463 of 818. No record of burial -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Thomas Coombes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Coombes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Coombes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Coombes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Coombes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Coombes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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