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Name	Harry Heywood Coombe
Born	10 October, 1880 Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Died	23 August, 1918 (aged 37) Somme, Picardie, France
Cause of Death	killed in action
Education *	Gawler Primary School (SA) (student, 1886-1894)
Occupation or Descriptor *	fitter and turner (1898-1902) South Australia, Australia fitter and turner (1902-1906) New South Wales, Australia fitter and turner (1906-1915) South Australia, Australia mechanical engineer (1906-1915) South Australia, Australia army officer (1915-1918) South Australia, Australia pro-conscriptionist (1917-1918) South Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) 10th Battalion (army officer, 1916-1918)
Political Activism *	ALP (SA) (member, ?-1918) pro-conscriptionist (1917-1918)
Workplaces *	Port Wakefield Council (SA) (councillor, ?-?)

* Dates are approximate

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