COSSTICK, Thomas Edwin
| Service Number: | 4399 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1915, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1939 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Portion: General Area; Section: 29; Lot 1 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4399, Rockhampton, Queensland | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4399, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4399, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4399, 25th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Sunners
Attestation Paper for Thomas when he joined AIF on 4 October 1915 show him as a widower. He was 43 years and 5 months.
He embarked for overseas on HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916 from Sydney, NSW.
The Maitland Daily Mercury, Monday 18 June 1917,
Soldier Returning
Mr. J. C. Cosstick, of this office has received word from the Base Records Office that his youngest brother, Pte. T. E. Cosstick, of the 25th. Battalion, is on a returning transport, and is expected to reach Australia shortly. He enlisted from Queensland.
Biography contributed by Peter Sunners
Maitland Daily Mercury, 8.8.1939
OBITUARY
MR T. COSSTICK
Mr. Thomas Cosstick, a returned soldier and a member of a family well known in Maitland, died in the Newcastle Hospital. He had been badly shell-shocked at the war and the effects of this, together with an attack of pneumonia, caused his death.
Mr. Cosstick, who was 67 years of age, was born in West Maitland and spent a good part of his life here. He enlisted at Ipswich and served in France with a Queensland battalion.
On his return from active service, he lived in Maitland, Newcastle and Morisset. He was a member of a family prominent in Maitland cricket years ago, and he himself played both here and in Queensland. While in Ipswich he was caretaker of the sports ground there.
His wife died a number of years ago. He is survived by one daughter who lives in Ipswich. He was a brother of Messrs. George (Newcastle) and James Cosstick (West Maitland).
His funeral left the Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Newcastle for the Church of England cemetery at Sandgate. Four of his nephews, Messrs. Jack, Thomas and James Cosstick and J. Griffiths were pall-bearers.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
85 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 1st August 1939, Private Thomas Edwin Cosstick, 25th Battalion (Reg No-4399), widower and labourer from Rockhampton, Queensland and Waratah?, N.S.W., father of one, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. GENERAL-29. 1.
Born at Richmond, Victoria about 1872 to Samuel, died 8.4.1896, West Maitland, N.S.W., age 60 , and Annie (Anne) Cosstick, died 18.12.1877, age 39, Tom enlisted on the 4th October 1915 at Rockhampton, Queensland.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT Star of Victoria on the 31st March 1916.
Commenced return to Australia 23.5.1917.
Tom arrived home invalided on the 19th July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (nervous breakdown) on the 21st August 1917.
Mr. Cosstick’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Tom’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 31/7/1939.
Officially commemorated 19.10.1939 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Maitland Daily Mercury, 8.8.1939.
OBITUARY.
MR T. COSSTICK.
Mr. Thomas Cosstick, a returned soldier and a member of a family well known in Maitland, died in the Newcastle Hospital. He had been badly shell-shocked at the war and the effects of this, together with an attack of pneumonia, caused his death.
Mr. Cosstick, who was 67 years of age, was born in West Maitland and spent a good part of his life here. He enlisted at Ipswich and served in France with a Queensland battalion.
On his return from active service, he lived in Maitland, Newcastle and Morisset. He was a member of a family prominent in Maitland cricket years ago, and he himself played both here and in Queensland. While in Ipswich he was caretaker of the sports ground there.
His wife died a number of years ago. He is survived by one daughter who lives in Ipswich. He was a brother of Messrs. George (died 23.3.1952, Mayfield, N.S.W., as COSTICK, age 85, from 18 Prince Street, Waratah, N.S.W.), and James Charles Cosstick (died 7.10.1953, 73 Devonshire Street, West Maitland, N.S.W., age 85.
His funeral left the Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Newcastle for the Church of England cemetery at Sandgate. Four of his nephews, Messrs. Jack, Thomas and James Cosstick and J. Griffiths were pall-bearers.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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