Bertie Ernest COUSENS

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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:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, The South Australian National War Memorial

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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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