COSSTICK, John Newman
| Service Number: | N156029 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1911 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1985, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Campbell's Hill (West Maitland) Cemetery Section D4, 74 - CofE section. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, N156029 | |
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| 3 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, N156029 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Sunners
John Newman Cosstick was the fifth child of six children born to his parents, James (Jim) Charles Cosstick and Harriett Jane Choon, who were married on 10 January 1894 at West Maitland. His father James was a son of Sam Cosstick, a pioneer Australian cricketer in the mid 1800s. Sam played for Victoria and New South Wales and also against visiting English sides in the 1860s and 1870s prior to Test Cricket. On his retirement he settled in Maitland, N.S.W.
Maitland Mercury 16 July 1985
COSSTICK - The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cooper (Rose) and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cosstick and families, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of their beloved brother, brother in law and uncle, JOHN NEWMAN COSSTICK, of 1 Fry Street, Maitland, to move from St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cross Street, Maitland on Thursday morning, after service commencing at 11 0'clock for the Campbells Hill Cemetery.
FRY BROS. A.F.D.A.