COUSINS, Frank Leicester
| Service Numbers: | 3296, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Laanecoorie, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tarnagulla State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Dunolly Great War Memorial, Dunolly Memorial Pillar, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3296 | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Frank L. Cousins was born in 1887. He entered the service in 1904, being appointed junior teacher at Long Gully, Bendigo. After a transfer to Waanyarra, he took charge of schools at Corack East, Gunbower Island West, and Teal Point. Official records refer to his interest in his work.
In civil life, Lieutenant Cousins was prominent in social affairs. He was president of the Teal Point Debating Society and the local tennis club.
He enlisted as a Private on the 17th of July, 1915, and embarked with the 11th Reinforcements to the 7th Battalion. While training at Tel-el-Kebir, in Egypt, he was transferred to the 59th Battalion.
He was promoted Sergeant on the 1st of April, 1916, and to commissioned rank on the Ist of June.
He went with his unit to France on the 29th of June, and was killed on the 19th of July.
He left behind him a widow (Mrs. M. Cousins, of Laurence-street, Dunolly) and one child.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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