Francis
Foster
Cobham
Born in Armadale, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Walter Synnot Cobham
and Caroline Mary Foster
Brother of
Roger Synnot Cobham, Barbara Helen (Cobham) Marks, Ursula Seton (Cobham) Malcolm, Walter Barham Cobham and Mary Alwyne (Cobham) Adams
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 19
in West Flanders, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2020
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Biography
Francis Cobham is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Private Francis Cobham was killed in action in Belgium during World War I.
Francis was born in 1898. He was the son of Walter Cobham and Caroline Foster. He was killed in action at Polygon Woods in 1917.
Sources
- birth: Victoria (Australia) birth 1898/15583
- death: Death notice, The Argus (Melbourne) October 25, 1917 p1: "COBHAM - Killed in action in France, September 20th, 1917, Francis Foster, dearly loved eldest son of Walter Synnot Cobham (inspector Bank, of Australasia, Western Australia), and Caroline Mary Cobham, aged 19 years 4 months."; see also military service
- military service:
- National Archives Australia, Service No.6557 Private, 28th Australian Infantry Battalion, Service record NAA B2455, COBHAM F
- Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour database entry Francis Foster Cobham
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission database entry, COBHAM, Francis Foster
- Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31
- Francis Foster Cobham as part of the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project
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Categories: 28th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Australia, Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders | Anzacs, World War I | Killed in Action, Australia, World War I