| Regimental number | 6/2987 |
| Address | Timaru |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Grandmother, Mrs Fleming, Halifax Street, Nelson |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the late Arthur and Annie Coombs. Native of Nelson |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Seventh |