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Military service
Service number:
85933
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
5th Bde.
Birth:
October 18, 1892
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
December 21, 1914
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Death:
July 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. D. 3.
Additional information
Brother of William Coombs of Upper Island, Cove, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Gunner Joshua Coombs
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Picture of Joshua Coombs
Joshua Coombs in his uniform -
Monument
Monument in Upper Island Cove where Joshua is commemorated. -
Monument 2
Joshua Coombs is commemorated on this monument in Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland. -
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 473 of 818. -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
Digital gallery of
Gunner Joshua Coombs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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