Source: Duty Nobly Done Roll of Honour
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. |