COZENS, Percy
| Service Number: | 3050 |
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| 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 |
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: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3050, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography 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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