COUZENS, William Walter
| Service Number: | 4497 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 October 1916, Charleville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tiaro, Queensland, Australia, 23 April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Apple Tree Creek State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Malaria, Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 24 December 1921, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Section 1, Row 10, Grave 820 |
| Memorials: | Apple Tree Creek State School Honor Roll, Apple Tree Creek War Memorial (Digger), Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Childers C.S.R. Co`s Childers Mill Roll of Honour, Childers Doolbi & Horton Honour Board, Childers Residents of Horton and Doolbi War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4497, Charleville, Queensland | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4497, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4497, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Imprisoned Villers-Bretonneux, Captured at Albert | |
| 18 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4497, 47th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harry Walter COUZENS and Hannah (Annie) Amelia COUZENS nee BROWN, Doolbi via Childers, Qld.
It is with deep regret that we have to chronicle the death of Mr. William Couzens, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Couzens, of Doolbi, Mr. Couzens was on his way from the North to spend holidays with his parents but became ill, he was taken off the boat at Bowen and was admitted to hospital there suffering from malaria, to which he succumbed. The deceased saw service with A.I.F., he was taken prisoner of war and was not liberated until hostilities ceased, A sad feature of his death the deceased's parents were holidaying a in Sydney and unable to be with their son in his last hours.
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