Percy Coomer

Forenames

Percy AWMM

Surname

Coomer AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2670 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of Mrs Grigsby, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Coomer (father), 24 Kingsland Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2670 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Percy Coomer was the son of John Coomer, of 22 Burnley Terrace, Dominion Rd., Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Born at Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Coomer, Burnley Terr, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

20 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM B. 17. 14. AWMM

Memorial name

• Mount Albert War Memorial Hall, 773 New North Road, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 AWMM
• All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• 11 Tainui Street, Matamata, Waikato AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897115
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/514377/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/514377
  Further Reference
• Auckland Libraries Special Collection
  https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/private%20percy%20coomer
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 147
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915