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William James Comber

1885-†?

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Corporal

Serial

4/1608

About

Born in England

4 June 1885
Parent

Mother

M. Comber
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 88/0027296, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 7.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William James Comber (1885-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/144

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