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COTTELL, John Alga Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 371 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 11 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Suicide , Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 27 March 1935, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 371, 13th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland. | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 371, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 371, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Machine Gun Company | |
| 16 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 371, 21st Machine Gun Company , Bullecourt (Second), GSW to left leg. Amputation of Leg. | |
| 10 Sep 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 371, Returned to Australia. |
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