John Wesley COSSOM

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COSSOM, John Wesley

Service Number:	6822
Enlisted:	15 January 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Huxbridge, Tasmania, Australia, 2 July 1896
Home Town:	Mount Direction, George Town, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, George Town Municipality Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6822, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6822, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6822, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John Wesley COSSOM was born on 2nd July, 1896 in Huxbridge, Tasmania

His parents were John COSSOM & Harriet LEONARD

He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 15th January, 1916 & embarked with the 12th Infantry Battalion, 22nd Reinforcements on 25th October, 1916 on the ship HMAT Ulysses

John was Killed in Action in Belgium on 7th October, 1917 - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres

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His brother Oscar William COSSOM (SN 1031) also served in WW1 in the 12th Infantry Battalion & returned to Australia

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