William Oscar KOOS

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KOOS, William Oscar

Service Number:	3649
Enlisted:	7 July 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toronto, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1896
Home Town:	Toronto, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1954, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SE. 42.
Memorials:	Toronto Public School Pupils HB

World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3649, 53rd Infantry Battalion
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3649, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3649, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
23 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3649, 35th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW Head
2 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3649, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.

68 years ago today, on the Thursday morning of the 7th October 1954, Private William Oscar Koos, 35th Battalion (Reg No-3649), baker from Toronto, New South Wales and 412 Maitland Road, Mayfield, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) O SE. 42.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134098408 - funeral notice does not state service.

Born at Toronto, New South Wales on the 28th March 1896 to Edward Moritz Koos and Anne (Anna) Koos; husband of Edith Koos nee Taylor (married 24.8.1919 at the C of E Parish Church, Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, died 1978, sleeping here), William enlisted July 1917 with the 53rd Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.

Invalided to England 9.4.1918.

William returned home January 1920 with wife Edith, being discharged on the 8th March 1920.

Mr. Koos’s name has been inscribed on the Toronto & District Soldiers' Memorial, Toronto Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 7th September 1918, 38 names originally inscribed, 3 designated as Fallen, 46 names now inscribed, 7 designated as Fallen, located at 31 Renwick Street, Toronto, N.S.W.) and the Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll.

I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Older brother Edward Mority (30th Battalion, Reg No-2082, enlisted 28.7.1915, discharged January 1916? born 1891, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1974, district in N.S.W. unknown).

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/

Lest We Forget.

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