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Francis Foster Cobham

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Foster AWMM
  • Surname
    Cobham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6557 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Christchurch, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 11 December 1916 AWMM Perth, Western Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 W S Cobham, Bank of Australasia, Perth, Western Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 December 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6557 AWMM
  • Military service
    Served in the Cadets, Perth High School, Western Australia. AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    20 Sep 1917 {Age 19} AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 September 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 19 AWMM
    Polygon Wood, Belgium Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    No known grave AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM

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