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Robert Stuart Cosgrove

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Stuart AWMM
  • Surname
    Cosgrove AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/349 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 July 1891 AWMM Orepuki, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 13 August 1914 AWMM Orepuki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Timothy Cosgrove (father), Orepuki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 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 8/349 AWMM
  • Military service
    Compulsory Military Training AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 13 August 1914 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM
    Otago, New Zealand 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
      Shot through mouth. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Convalesced then shot through mouth again. Fatally wounded AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Timothy and Mary Cosgrove, of Orepuki, Southland, New Zealand.

      Robert Cosgrove was hospitalised at St Georges Hospital, Malta and convalesced at Monte Video Camp, Weymouth AWMM
    • Private R S COSGROVE killed in action was one of the four brothers, sons of Mr and Mrs T Cosgrove, of Orepuki, Southland, two of Southland's. oldest Settlers. He left New Zealand with the Main Body, was wounded in the neck at the Dardanelles, sent to England, returned to duty, and, killed in France. F. A- Cosgrove, reported missing, was .with the Veterinary Service Cprps. He was in Egypt for nearly. two years, and then transferred to the Otago Infantry Battalion.
      R. H. Cosgrove serving with the Australians, was wounded twice at the Dardanelles, sent to England with diphtheria, returned to duty, and was wounded for the third time. Another brother T. E. Cosgrove, is serving with the Imperial Camel Corps, Egypt.
      Their sister, D O'ROUKE lives at Ngatapa Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 February 2024 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14152, 21 NOVEMBER 1916, PAGE 4
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Death

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  • Death
    29 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France AWMM I. M. 12. AWMM
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
14 February 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
18 February 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher
30 January 2019MarieInvercargillOther relative

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