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Born  23 August 1923 in Kadina, South Australia.

Great- Grandparents:
William Cossons and Sarah Ann Cossons (nee TILLEY), lived at Melrose, SA

Their Children:
Joseph Cossons; Harry Cossons; Henry Cossons and Sarah Clark (nee Cossons).

H.H (Harry) Cossons
b. 1871 Gloucestershire, England, arrived in Adelaide in 1873
    1920 married:  Harriet Eliza Storey, from Norton Summit; 
     lived in Mount Gambier majority of his life, until retiring in Adelaide
d. 15/7/1929 in Adelaide
    Harry's children:
    Vera Maud Cossons  (b. 1879 Adelaide - d. 2/2/1881 Mt Gambier, SA)
    Arthur William Cossons  (b. 1881 Mt Gambier - d. 22/5/1954 Brompton, SA)
    Vernon George Cossons (b. 1886 Mt Gambier - d. 29/6/1945 Payneham, SA)
    Frank Harry Cossons  (b. 1890 - d. 1912 Mt Gambier, SA)
    TWIN  Roy Leonard Cossons (b. 6/9/1888 Mt Gambier - d. 4/7/1968 Dulwich, SA)
    TWIN  Ray Clifford Cossons  (b. 6/9/1888 Mt Gambier - d. 6/8/1963 Daw Park, SA)

Henry Cossons 
b. 25/12/1854 Gloucestershire, England
d. 10/07/1929 South Australia

Sarah Elizabeth Clark (nee Cossons)
b. 06/05/1858 - d. 1919

Sydney's Grandparents:
Joseph (Joe) COSSONS
(b. 05/08/1852 Gloucestershire, England - d. 28/04/1904 Mt Gambier, SA)
Joe married: 26/12/1881 at the residence of Mr Henry Ludwig MEIER at Mount Gambier, SA
May's parents home
Wife: May (Mary) Theresa Fredericka Cossons (nee MEIER)
1921 remarried to Mr Frederick York Smith, at Virginia, SA
last lived at 29 Green Street, Brompton, SA
25/08/1948 died in hospital (aged 91 years)

Joe & Mary's children:

HAROLD (Paddy) Cossons - "SYDNEY's father"
b. 11/01/1892 in Beachport, SA

1921 married: MOTHER - Olive Pearl WATSON
        (b. 05/08/1903 Kadina - d. 08/04/1943 in Northfield, buried at Kadina)
lived at Kadina and had five children

Harold died 20/07/1979 at Daw Park Repartriation Hospital, Daw Park, SA)
          buried in:   Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA
                           Derrick Gardens, Path 38, Grave 720B

SYDNEY's Siblings:
Laurel Jean Croxton (nee Cossons) b.1921 - d. 2002)
married 1939: Allan CROXTON at Kadina in 1939

Doreen May Lynch (fmly Tucker) - (nee Cossons) b.1922 - d. 1997
1940 1st marriage: Harold Lionel TUCKER (b. 23/10/1915 Adelaide - d.1987)
                            He was wounded in WWII.
During the war she lived in Adelaide. Divorced in 1947.
1950 2nd marriage: Kevin LYNCH in Adelaide (d. 1997)

Ronald Clem Cossons b. 1927
1949 married: Violet COLLIVER at Kadina
1950 married: to wife Connie

Valda Mary Adams (nee Cossons) b. 1929 Kadina - d. 1990 Port Pirie, SA
1948 married: James S (Jim) ADAMS, of Solomontown at Kadina

Joe & Mary's other Children:
Herbert (aka Hubert) William Cossons 
b. 19/12/1882 in Mount Gambier, SA

Louis Henry COSSONS
b.  03/12/1886 in Hundred of Caroline, SA
d.  Killed in Action at Blangy-Tronville, France (WWI) - NO known grave

Charlotte (Lottie) Ann Helene WILTON (nee Cossons)
b. 11/11/1889 Mt Gambier, SA
    1967 married:  Charles WILTON
    1919  lived at Wallaroo Mines, Kadina, SA (later at Ranelagh Street, Adelaide, SA)
    children:  Richard and Charles
d. 1965 at Ascot, Victoria

Gertrude Mary Cossons (Cecily Martin Steer?) 
  b. 09/01/1897 in Solomontown, SA
 

NEXT OF KIN in service:
Uncle (WWI)
4817 Lance Corporal Louis Henry (enlisted under 'Lyall') Cossons
         - 50th Infantry Battalion
29/12/1915  enlisted into WWI at Keswick, SA
09/03/1916  embarked Outer Harbour onboard RMS Mongolia
                   as a Private with 10th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
30/08/1916  taken on strength 50th Infantry Battalion, France
05/11/1917  promoted to Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, France
25/04/1918  Killed in Action at Blangy-Tronville, France,
Later showing:  No known grave
His name is commemorated on the:-
- Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Cousin (Great-Uncle Harry's son) in  WWI & WWII
Private 7104 (WWI) Ray Clifford COSSONS - 10th Infantry Battalion
b. 06 Sep 1888 Mount Gambier, SA
married:  Florence Rebena Victoria Cossons, Mount Gambier, SA
               (b.1893 - d. 3/3/1967 Fullarton, cremated in Centennial Park Cemetery)
                Sutton Court, Wall 1, Niche F028
12/10/1916  enlisted into WWI
16/12/1916  embarked Outer Harbour onboard HMAT A35 Berrima
                   as a Private with 10th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
27/07/1917  Returned to Australia
S212309 (WWII) Private Ray Clifford COSSONS - 4th Garrison Battalion
30/09/1939  re-enlisted into WWII at Fullarton, SA
25/02/1941  discharged from service
06/08/1963  passed away at Fullarton, SA
cremated in: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA
                    Sutton Court, Wall 1, Niche F027

Brother-in-law (Doreen's 1st husband) - (WWII):
SX4787  Sergeant Harold Lionel Tucker - 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion
08/06/1940  enlisted into WWII at Wayville, SA
29/08/1947  discharged from service

Cousin (Arthur's son) - (WWII)
SX1875 Private Harry William COSSONS - 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion
born:  11/04/1916  Port Augusta, SA  (father Arthur Cossons, next of kin)
02/03/1940  enlisted into WWII at Brompton, SA
10/12/1945  discharged from service
29/07/1994  passed away Campbelltown Nursing Home, Campbelltown, SA
cremated at:  Enfield Memorial Park

S50366  Private Sydney Louis COSSONS - 48th Field Battery

24/12/1941  enlisted into WWII at Torrens Hall, Adelaide, SA

***His Service Papers need to be ordered through the NAA***

02/02/1942  discharged from service

1946            he was engaged to Minette Monica von der Borch (b. 1922) of Burbank, SA
                   - believe they never married

22/08/1950  Sydney died at the Daw Park Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, SA.

He had been buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA.

His Interment Right Expired on 25/08/200.

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  21/04/2017.  Lest we forget.