EWART, Cossar Smith
| Service Numbers: | 280A, 282B |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 August 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Grave II. D. 33. INSCRIPTION - HE RESTS NOT IN HIS NATIVE LAND |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Windsor War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 280A, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 280A, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 282B, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 282B awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-08-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of Robert and Jane Ferguson Ewart (nee Hunter).
Memorialised at St Mungo's Churchyard, Penicuik.
Obituary : Cossar Smith Ewart - Australian Machine Gun Corps [MIDLOTHIAN JOURNAL 21 Sept 1917]: Gunner Cossar Smith Ewart, Australians, who has been killed in action, was a son of Mr Robert Ewart, Brisbane, Queensland, and nephew of Professor Cossar Ewart. the deceased soldier, who was 28 years of age, visited Penicuik last year, and called upon friends and relatives of his father and mother, who both belonged to the district. Mr Robert Ewart will be remembered as the popular quarter-master sergeant of the local volunteers before emigrating to Queensland.
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