Bertrand Combes
Australian soldier
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Brigadier Bertrand Combes, CBE (13 April 1894 – 12 April 1971) was an Australian soldier who served during the First World War and Second World War.
Bertrand Combes | |
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| Born | 13 April 1894 Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Died | 12 April 1971 (aged 76) Camberwell, Victoria |
| Buried | Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch | Australian Army |
| Service years | –1947 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Conflicts | |
Bertrand was the only son of Algernon James Ernest Combes and his wife Catherine, née Weingarth.
He landed at Gallipoli with the 14th Battalion.[1] During operations in the Monash Valley, he was shot in the chest on 2 May 1915.[1] He was evacuated and recovered in hospital in Egypt. Bertrand met Rosa Marion Ellis Begg, a nurse, in Egypt, they were married on 15 April 1916.[2]
Combes was the commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 1942,[3] until 1945. He was made a Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire in June 1944.[4]