COULSON, John Herbert
| Service Number: | 275 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Botany, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Botany Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 10 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC III. B. 39. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Mascot War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 275, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 275, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 275, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
He was born about December 1893 at Botany and enlisted on 18th August 1914 soon after the outbreak of the war, giving his calling as labourer. He was single and had two years’ experience in the New Zealand Territorials. According to a report from his sister, although he was Australian born, he was living in New Zealand and only holidaying in Sydney when the war broke out and he decided to enlist.
in late June.
He was shot in the head in the trenches at Lone Pine on 10 August 1915 on the Gallipoli Peninsula and was buried at Browns Dip North Cemetery, 500 yards south of Anzac Cove. In 1925 his remains were exhumed and re-interred at Lone Pine Cemetery, 1⅜ miles S.E. of Anzac Cove.
Submitted 7 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jesse and Anne COULSON, 717 Dufferin Street, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John Herbert COULSON, (Service Number 275). was born about December 1893 at Botany and enlisted on 18th August 1914 soon after the outbreak of the war. He gave his occupation as labourer. He was single and had two years’ experience in the New Zealand Territorials. According to a report from his sister, although he was Australian born, he was living in New Zealand and only holidaying in Sydney when the war broke out. He decided to enlist.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Suffolk’ on 18th October 1914. He joined the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion. He was wounded at Gallipoli on Anzac Day and transferred to Cairo. The wound may have been to his finger and he was transferred to Zeitoun (Egypt) and Lemnos (Greek Island) before re-joining his unit in late June. After a further period in hospital with Diarrhoea, he re-joined his unit once again on 18th July. He was wounded for a second time on 8th August with a gunshot injury to his left foot. This must have been a trivial injury because he was discharged to duty the next day.
One day later he was shot in the head in the trenches at Lone Pine on 10th August 1915 on the Gallipoli Peninsula. He was buried at Browns Dip North Cemetery, 500 yards south of Anzac Cove. In 1925 his remains were exhumed and re-interred at Lone Pine Cemetery, 1⅜ miles S.E. of Anzac Cove.
- based on notes for the Grear Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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