KOSAKOWSCHENEK, Blas
| Service Number: | 2186 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Riga, Latvia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trimmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2186, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2186, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2186, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Russian born, his parents Alexei and Vera (Kozakovshonok). Arrived in Sydney Australia from London (as a trimmer) in June 1914. Enlisted in the AIF on 3 February 1915.
Blas was one of the 155 men of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion that embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21st July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training.
They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915.
Blas Kosakowschenek was killed in action in unknown circumstances 2 days later.