caption website death_date death_place birth_place citizenship birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name occupation
col. j.h.h. coombes as principal cadet college petaro www.petaro.org 18 february 1978 ashford , kent , uk uk british 28 december 1906 first principal of cadet college petaro 1st wife , alice : 2nd wife , elsie colonel jhh coombes.jpg j. h. h. coombes
 col. john harold henry coombes educationist , army
j. h. h. coombes

col. john harold henry coombes -lrb- 1906 - 1978 -rrb- was the first principal of cadet college petaro , one of the earliest public schools built in pakistan in 1957 .
during his military career , he served in the british army and fought the second world war on the malayan front .
