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Harry COSSON

Regimental number5363
Place of birthGiechville Victoria
SchoolMt Eccles, Victoria
Other trainingNil
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMount Eccles via Leongatha, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Cosson, Mount Eccles via Leongatha, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled accidentally 1 July 1916
Place of death or woundingNear Station of Auvers-Sur-Oise, Seine et Oise, France
Age at death18.10
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialAuvers-aur-Oise Commnal Cemetery (Near North-East (far left) corner), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary COSSON, Henry Street, Korumburra, Victoria. Native of Gippsland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5557 Pte Arthur COSSON, 22nd Bn, returned to Australia, 16 March 1918; Nephew: [2454] 2nd Lt John George COSSON DCM, 48th Bn, killed in action, 7 August 1916; Cusin: 1653 Pte Norman ANDERSON MM & Bar, 6th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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