COHEN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 5985 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Dubbo, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stuart Town, New South Wales, Australia, May 1881 |
| Home Town: | Stuart Town, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter's assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery No known grave until 2021. Identified with assistance of "Fallen Diggers" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stuart Town Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5985, Dubbo, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 2nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
LIES AT REST FAR FROM HOME STUART TOWN NSW AND LOVED FAMILY
"...5985 Private Thomas (Tom) Cohen, of Mookerama, near Stuart Town, NSW. He worked as a fitter in the area. He married and in 1908, his wife, Mary Lee Cohen, gave birth to a daughter Lilian. By 1916, Cohen and his family had moved and were living in Stuart Town where Cohen enlisted on 13 March 1916 and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion. After a few months training in Australia, Cohen sailed with his unit in August 1916 aboard HMAT Wiltshire for France. After a long period of service in France, Cohen's unit was engaged in fighting in the Mont St Quentin area and it was here that Cohen was killed in action on 18 September 1918, aged 37 years..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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