Comboye, James William: Service no. 880476

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Source: Duty Nobly Done Roll of Honour

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Family Search: When Private James William Comboye was born on 27 January 1898, in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada, his father, James W. Comboye, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Comboye, was 28. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1915, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as farmer in Blenheim Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He died on 2 April 1918, in Neuville-Vitasse, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Neuville-Vitasse, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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Summary of Service for Private James William Comboye, reg. no. 880476

Date	Event	Remarks
January 27, 1898	Born	Born at Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
March 13, 1916	Enlists	Enlists at Chatham, Ontario with the 186th Overseas Battalion. His next of kin is listed as his mother, Elizabeth Comboye. He is living at Blenheim, Ontario and lists his trade as a farmer. He is one-month past his 18th birthday and stands 5’6” and weights 125 pounds.
April 3, 1916	Vaccinated
July 4, 1916	Anti-Typhoid Inoculations
July 13, 1916	Anti-Typhoid Inoculations
July 26, 1916	Anti-Typhoid Inoculations
February 27, 1917	Writes Will	Designates his mother, Elizabeth Comboye, as his beneficiary.
March 25, 1917	Embarks England	Embarks at Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S.S. Lapland.
April 1, 1917	Assigns Pay	Assigns $15.00 per month to his mother.
April 7, 1917	Debarks England	Lands at Liverpool and transports to Bramshott Camp.
April 7, 1917	Transferred	Transferred to the 4th Reserve Battalion.
June 16, 1917	Transferred	Stuck of Strength 4th Reserve Battalion and transferred to the 18th Battalion.
June 17, 1917	Arrives France	Arrives at No. 2 Canadian Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, France.
July 8, 1917	Arrives at the 2nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion.
July 31, 1917	Arrives 18th Battalion	After a short assignment to the 2nd Cdn. Entrenching Battalion, arrives at the 18th Battalion. The Battalion was carrying out general training at Bouvigny that day.
January 24, 1918	Granted 14 Days Leave
April 2, 1918	Killed in Action	The War Diary relates that 3 other ranks where killed and 30 wounded due to “erratic shelling”. He is buried at the Bellacourt Military Cemetery along with eleven other members of the 18th Battalion.