William Napoleon COTTRELL

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COTTRELL, William Napoleon

Service Number:	248
Enlisted:	12 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glenroy, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1887
Home Town:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 248, Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 248, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 248, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
8 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 248, 37th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Florence Cottrell of albert Street, Seymour, Victoria. Son of David Edmund and Mary Catherine Cottrell of Bairnsdale, Victoria

Pte. William N. Cottrell, son of Mr and Mrs D. E. Cottrell, Bairnsdale, was kiiled in France on the 9th June last. He was a native of Glenroy, New South Wales. Enlisting at Bairnsdale, where he had resided for five years, he sailed for England in June, 1916, and crossed over to France in November. He was married, and within five months of being 29 years of age.

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