COTTEE, Garnet Spurgeon
| Service Number: | 2670 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1916, Armidale, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, NSW, 7 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Guyra, Guyra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lismore District School and Fort Street Model School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Ill Health, Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, 17 September 1948, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales Presbyterian |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Guyra District Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2670, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale, NSW | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2670, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2670, 33rd Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
GARNET SPURGEON COTTEE, the son of Mr. George F. Cottee and Mrs. Maggie Cottee, was born at Lismore, New South Wales, on 7th August, 1893. He was educated at the Lismore District School and the Fort Street Model School.
He entered the Bank’s service at Lismore on 6th May, 1911, and was transferred in the following year to Grafton, and to Guyra in May, 1915. He enlisted in August of the following year, and continued in the army until eight months after the Armistice. On the strength of his bank experience he had been promoted to the rank of pay sergeant. - source Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
COTTEE Garnet Spurgeon -September 17 1948 at a private hospital Darlinghurst late of Bonalbo NSW beloved husband of Ella Jean Cottee and
loved father of Melba Frank and Pat, aged 54 years
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