Percy COZENS

COZENS, Percy

Service Number: 3050
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 8 April 1893
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds received at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France, 12 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Burial reference: - Block P. Plot III. Row H. Grave 2A. Personal Inscription: - "HE GAVE HIS LIFE, HIS ALL HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3050, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3050, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Hubert Hollis Cozens and Emilie Elizabeth (aka Amelia Augusta Manski) Manski married 17th December 1878 in Queensland.

Extracted from Trove: -  Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Thursday 25 October 1917 - Page 5

MILITARY NOTES.
DEATH OF PRIVATE PERCY COZENS.
Mr. H. Cozens, Kent street city, has been advised that his youngest son. Private Percy Cozens, died of wounds on the 12th instant. He was twenty four vears of age, and had been two years at the front. He landed direct in France from Australia and was among the first batch of Australians to fight on Flench soil. He saw a lot of active service and fought at Pozieres and other big engagements. Much sympathy will be felt for the father and family in their sad loss.

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