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Walter David COUSENS

Regimental number1075
Place of birthBeaconsfield Tasmania
SchoolMoonah, Miss Riddle's Private School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDeviot, West Tamar, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, David Cousens, Deviot, West Tamar, Tasmania
Previous military serviceCadets
Enlistment date29 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried in La Plus Douve Ferme Cemetery, south of Wulverghem, one and three quarter miles wsw of Messines, Belgium.
FateKilled in Action 24 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21

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