COTTER, Augustine
| Service Number: | 701 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 10 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Fassifern, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Mary's, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 28 June 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 111, Row D, Grave 37 Chaplain Father Bergin officiated Headstone inscription reads: May the sacred heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 701, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Prior to embarking | |
| 5 Feb 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 701, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Feb 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 701, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Saldanha, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William James and Rose Kate Cotter of Railway Station, Fassifern, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
107 years ago today, on the 28th June 1915, Sergeant Augustine Cotter, 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-701), blacksmith (Walsh Island Government Dockyards, Newcastle, N.S.W.), of Railway Station, Fassifern, New South Wales, was Killed in Action on the Gallipoli Peninsula, age 22.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 10th January 1893 (as Augustin) to William James (died 25.5.1936) and Rose Kate (Katie, died 28.7.1946) Cotter, Gus enlisted November 1914 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Resting at Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Plot III Row D Grave 37.
Mr. Cotter’s name has been inscribed on the Toronto Soldiers' Memorial, Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll, Gardner Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 16th September 1916, 15 names originally inscribed. 73 names now inscribed of the Fallen) and the St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School (Newcastle) Honour Roll. Name possibly inscribed on the Newcastle Technical College Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 13th June 1917, over 100 names inscribed, whereabouts unknown).
There is no headstone at the clearly marked curbed gravesite of the Cotter family, therefore no memorial inscription to tell us of their son’s supreme sacrifice during The Great War, so December 2017 I placed a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Gus’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 2-32. 61.
Older brother William Robert (7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Reg No-702, born 1885, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 21.12.1962, resting at Murwillumbah Catholic Cemetery, photo 6) enlisted same day.
Older brother John Sylvester (7th Australian Light Horse Regiment & Army Postal Corps, Reg No-1623, born 1887, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1966, Balmain, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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