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Richard COBDEN

Regimental number6062
Place of birthJersey, Channel Islands
SchoolSt Pauls, Jersey
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressC/o W F Madigan, 88 George Street West, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation45
Next of kinBrother, Charles Cobden, Mechanics Institute, St Heliers, Jersey, England
Previous military serviceServed 9 years and 70 days in Northumberland Fuseliers.; served 7 years in India with his regiment, Black Mountain Expedition, Medal and Bar.
Enlistment date11 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 31 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death51
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 29), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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