COUSIN, George
| Service Number: | 5063 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales , Australia, 27 December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales , Australia, 17 November 1944, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-16NW. 60. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5063, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5063, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5063, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5063, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically Unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the Sunday afternoon of the 19th November 1944, Private George Cousin, 13th Battalion (Reg No-5063), labourer from 47 Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales and 45 Bourke Street, Carrington, N.S.W., father of five (Mag, Mollie, Flo, Grace, Enid), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. PRESBYTERIAN-16NW. 60.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 27th December 1877 as COUSINS to George and Catherine M Cousin nee Champion; husband of Elizabeth Ann Cousin nee Kiem (married 1925, Wickham, N.S.W., died 21.11.1937, age?, sleeping here. George enlisted on the 28th December 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on the 31st March 1916.
Admitted to hospital 30.9.1916 (haemorrhoids), 3.3.1917 (septic arm), 6.4.1918 (trench feet), 17.6.1918 (influenza).
George returned home invalided on the 12th June 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 5th August 1919.
Mr. Cousin’s name has not been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates or the Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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