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James Cosgrove

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Pleasant Point War Memorial, South Canterbury (Photo Brian Davison, 2009) - No known copyright restrictions

Pleasant Point War Memorial, South Canterbury (Photo Brian Davison, 2009) - No known copyright restr …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Cosgrove AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 52581 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs P. Cosgrove (mother), Pleasant Point, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 52581 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Butcher/Civilian 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Patrick and Ellen Cosgrove, of Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 October 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Le Cateau, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM IV. B. 17. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Pleasant Point War Memorial, South Canterbury AWMM
    • Pleasant Point School War Memorial, South Canterbury AWMM

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  • Thank you for your sacrifice
    Four generations later we will remember
    Public - Amika - Other relative - 17 April 2021
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17 April 2021AmikaCashmareOther relative

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