
COSGROVE, Arthur Conyers
Service Number: | NX4727 |
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Enlisted: | 26 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Died of Wounds, Greece, 1 May 1941, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Sofia War Cemetery, Sofia, Bulgaria Grave 2. A. 3 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bredbo District Roll of Honour WW2 |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX4727 | |
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26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX4727, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion | |
1 May 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX4727, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Arthur Conyers COSGROVE was born in Cooma, NSW on 9th March, 1919
His parents were Arthur Raymond COSGROVE & Nora Enid COX
Arthur died of wounds in Greece on 1st May, 1941 and is buried in the Sofia War Cemetery
"Let the dew of the morning be our tears of remembrance"
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His father Arthur Raymond COSGROVE served as a Lieutenant in the Boer War with the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen