James Lyall COOMBES

Regimental number45191
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Coombes, 5 Montague Road, North East Valley, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 18), Colincamps, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Walter and Annie Jane Coombes, 5 Montague Street, North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 20