Tasmanian War Casualties

World War 11 Casualties

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Coombe, Allan John

Mrs Strafford Coombe 23 Raymond St., Launceston, has been advised that her youngest son Pte Allan John Coombe, 2/40th Battalion (AIF), died of illness on Oct. 21, 1943, while a prisoner in Thailand. He enlisted in June, 1940 with his brother, L-Cpl Hedley Winston Coombe, who is a prisoner in Java. Both were taken prisoners in Timor in February 1942.

The Mercury 24 July 1945

Photographed by Linda McKenzie

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