Regimental number | 3583 |
Place of birth | Marrickville, New South Wales |
School | Forest Lodge Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Carter |
Address | 27 Monghbrough Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A S Cohen, 27 Monghbrough Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in 29th Infantry (Compulsory Military Training); still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 18 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Herbert S and Ida E. COHEN, 124 Balmain Road, Leichhardt, New South Wales. Native of Marrickville, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Discharged to duty from No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 13 January 1916 (mumps). Taken on strength, 4th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916. Transferred to 56th Bn, 13 February 1916. Found guilty, 18 February 1916, of (1) breaking ranks without permission; (2) insolence to an NCO: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2. Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 14 March 1916, and transferred same day to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital (venereal disease); to Hospital Train, 5 March 1916, and admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Abbassia, 5 March 1916; discharged to duty to Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 14 March 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 11 days. Joined 56th Bn, Ferry Post, 3 May 1916. Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 5 May 1916 (ingrown toenail); transferred to Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 12 March 1916; discharged to unit, 13 May 1916. Transferred to 15th Brigade, 10 May 1916. Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Ferry Post, 18 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 760809: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, COHEN Cyril Sydney
Red Cross File No 760809 |