Thomas Henry COUSINS

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COUSINS, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	38
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, 1876
Home Town:	Stanwell, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, Farmer
Died:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 8 March 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot: CHURCH OF ENGLAND Sec 2 Row 9 Grave No 64
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 38
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 38, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
11 Apr 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 38, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 57, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Athenic arriving Brisbane 4 Apr 1902, discharged 11 Apr 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

NOK Mrs. R COUSINS, Stanwell

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

After serving in the Boer war he also served in WW1, Private S.N. 2101, 4th Pioneer Battalion, AIF.

His younger brother, John Cousins, also served in the Boer war Private S.N. 372, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, who died in South Africa from disease on 15 May 1901.

When Thomas Henry Cousins enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. R. Cousins, Stanwell. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 57, it is noted that he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. Cousins, Stanwell, Qld. Central Railway.

When he enlisted again in 1916 for WW1 on his Attestation Form, dated 28 Feb 1916, it is noted that; he was born at Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland, and was 37 years 2 months of age (appears he lowered is age); he was single and a labourer; his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs Mary Cousins, Stanwell; and he had previously served in South Africa with the 6th QIB.

Thomas Henry Cousins was born in about 1876 at Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland, a son to Robert Cousins and Mary Cousins (nee Fowler or Fowlar). Robert and Mary emigrated with their children to Australia in 1891 eventually settling at Stanwell, Qld, where they both passed in 1924 and 1923 respectively.

Thomas Henry Cousins married Louisa Lawrence (nee Hill) on 2 Feb 1920 in Queensland and they lived at Stanwell where he farmed a property he had acquired called Moorlands. He was still working the farm prior to a short illness and his passing in 1940.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 511; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 57; ScotlandsPeople online birth records).

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