Bertie Ernest COUSENS

COUSENS, Bertie Ernest

Service Number: 1252
Enlisted: 16 September 1914
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Departement de la Somme, France, 30 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known Grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1252, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
16 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1
22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Ceramic A40 ex Melbourne
20 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1252, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1252, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières

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Biography

A 34 year old miner on enlistment, Bertie Cousens's NoK was his wife, Mrs Nita Cousens, c/o PO Broken Hill, New South Wales