COULLS, Arthur Frederick
| Other Name: | COUTTS, A F |
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| Service Numbers: | 2208, 72 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1870 |
| Home Town: | Koonamore, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Sussex, Western Australia, Australia, 22 August 1956, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 2208, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 72, 3rd South Australian Bushmen's Contingent |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Fred was born in Ballarat in 1870 to Joseph Coulls, a man of Cornish heritage originally from Athelstone, South Australia, and his wife Emily (née Brandt). Fred had seven siblings, three born in Victoria and four in Queensland. He attended Prince Alfred College in 1884 and 1885.
The Adelaide Observer of 10 March 1900 named Trooper Arthur Frederick Coulls, 28, single, of Koonamore Station, Eyre Peninsula, as a member of the Bushmen's Contingent formed in SA to serve in the Boer War. Official records list Trooper Sergeant Coulls, Service No 2208, as a member of the 3rd New South Wales Bushmen, South Africa 1899-1902.
Fred married Florence, daughter of Henry and Anne Warland, of Wimborne, Burnside, at St David's Church, Burnside, on 23 July 1909. They were settled by 1910 at their Yallingup property, Glenlossie, and quickly became entrenched in the community through their many sporting and civic activities. Fred was secretary of the Quindalup Racing Club, organised a boxing tournament and at the age of 40 pulled on his football boots in Busselton but failed to show any of his former brilliancy.
Fred was shattered by Florence's passing at Busselton in 1935 and he remained a widower for more than 20 years before he died at Sussex, WA, on 22 August 1956. There were no children.
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