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COTTER, George
Personal Details
| Other Name: | PHYFFERS, Arthur Theodore - True Name |
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| Service Number: | 8802 |
| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Hastings, England, March 1882 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | None |
| Occupation: | Timber getter/Bushman |
| Died: | Accidental (GSW chest), Charleroi, Belgium, 12 April 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Marcinelle New Communal Cemetery, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8802, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 16 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 8802, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 8802, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 8802, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Battle for Pozières |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Arthur Theodore Phyffers enlisted for service in Brisbane under the assumed name George Cotter. Arthur had arrived in Australia in around 1903 as a 21 year old. He had been orphaned at the age of nine, and his eldest sister Mrs. Alice Friend records on his Roll of Honour Circular (www.awm.gov.au) that he had no formal schooling.
Alice also stated that they were the grand-children of Theodore John Baptiste Phyffers (www.victorianweb.org) (1820 - 1876) a well known sculptor in his day.
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