Arnold COOMBE

1884 - 1948  (63 years)

• Name	Arnold COOMBE
  Birth	30 Jul 1884	Mahakipawa, Marlborough, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911  [2]
  	Labourer, Tolaga Bay
  Occupation	1919  [2]
  	Labourer, Tokomaru Bay
  Death	22 May 1948	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	24 May 1948	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I12751	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Vera BERKAHN,   b. 18 Oct 1901, Ashley Clinton, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 10 Oct 1972, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1922	New Zealand   [7, 8]
  Divorce	1930	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F4098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Jul 1884 - Mahakipawa, Marlborough, New Zealand Marriage - 25 Jan 1922 - New Zealand Divorce - 1930 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Death - 22 May 1948 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Burial - 24 May 1948 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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  OBITUARY MR. ARNOLD COOMBE WELL-KNOWN SPORTSMAN The death occurred in the Cook Hospital on Saturday of Mr. Arnold Coombe, a veteran of the First World War and well known throughout the district for a number of years as outstanding sports enthusiast and exponent. Mr. Coombe was born 60 years ago in the South Island, and took up farming employment as a youth. He was keenly interested sport and developed special enthusiasm for Rugby football and cricket. While in the Nelson district he represented that province in Rugby, and in later years, when he came to live on the East Coast, he represented both Gisborne and East Coast in football and cricket, being a prominent member of the Poverty Bay XI which had a good record in Hawke Cup competition matches, particularly with Hawke's Bay. He was a batsman of merit, but his chief exploits were as a fast bowler. He was an early volunteer for service abroad with the First N.Z.E.F., and left New Zealand with the Third Reinforcements, serving in Egypt and on Gallipoli, where he was wounded. Later he was with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in the desert campaign. After his return to New Zealand he was employed for several years by Messrs. Oates Bros., Tokomaru Bay, and during recent years he was on the staff of the Coronation Hotel, Gisborne. Mr. Coombe is survived by one brother, Mr. Maurice Coombe, Gisborne, and three sisters, Mrs. A. Hood, Auckland, Mrs. L. Brown, Petone, and Miss G. Coombe, Blenheim. The funeral will take place today, the burial at the Soldiers' Plot, Taruheru cemetery, following a service at 1.45 p.m. at Cochrane's chapel. Source: Gisborne Herald, 24 May 1948, Page 6. [11]

  
  

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