Back to search results

Gunner WALTER DURHAM COOMBES

Service Number: 21057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

5th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 30 May 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME

IV. K. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Henry and Charlotte Coombes; husband of Evelyn Coombes, of Edmonton, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (3)

Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Concentration (1)

Concentration Documents - Burial Returns
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (2)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 498
View cemetery details