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Richard Henry Cosgrove

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Cosgrove AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 1325 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 June 1884 AWMM Orepuki, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss L. Cosgrove, Orepuki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 1325 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 18 November 1914 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Miner/Civilian AWMM
    Australia AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounds to thigh and hand Gallipoli. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Diptheria AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Diarroea AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW1 15 May 1918 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Richard Cosgrove was hospitalised in Australian General Hospital, Helipolis, University War Hospital, Southampton and No 4 Auxilliary Hospital, Etaples, France. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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30 January 2019MarieInvercargillOther relative

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