Ernest COBBE

Regimental number25/262
Date of birth9 October 1887
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSheep farmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinFather, John G Cobbe, Feilding
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: John G and Frances A Cobbe, The Hill, Feilding, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 13 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (gun shot wound, left thigh), and admitted to 1/3 Northumbrian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 1/1 South Midlands Division Casualty Clearing Station; to 25th General Hospital, Hardelot, 17 September 1916; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 6 October 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 12 October 1916.

Nominated for a Commission in the NZ Expeditionary Force; marched out to OTC for training, 18 April 1917.

Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, 11 June 1917, and marched into NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 June 1917; joined 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 8 July 1917, and posted to A Company.

Detached to General Course, 13 July 1917; rejoined unit, 10 August 1917.

Detached to Brigade Platoon Course, 19 September 1917; rejoined unit, 27 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 7
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AAB, Series 18805, File 7879756