CUSACK, Denis Sylvester
| Service Number: | 3020 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallangarra , Queensland, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wallangarra, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Jennings Public School, Tenterfield area, NSW |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord III. C. 40. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial, Jennings Public School Roll of Honour, Tenterfield & Districts Fallen Soldiers Roll of Honor Light Horse, Wallangarra War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3020, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3020, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3020, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 3020, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Denis Sylvester CUSACK was born in 1889 in Wallangerra, Queensland & was registered in Tenterfield in NSW
His parents were John Joseph CUSACK and Nora Agnes KENEALLY
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OBITUARY - Trove
Sergeant-Major Cusack, who was born at the border of NSW and Queensland, was about 29 years of age
While in Dalby, Sergeant Major Cusack was presented by the townspeople with a gold medal suitably inscribed, for an act of bravery during a large outbreak of fire in that town
While on final leave from Enoggera, he was the recipient of a handsome wristlet watch and other tokens of esteem from the Dalby Citizens
His name is memorialised on the Australia War Memorial & the Dalby Roll of Honour
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