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George Oriel COUSINS

George Oriel COUSINS

Male 1892 - 1918  (26 years)    Has 66 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name George Oriel COUSINS  [1
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 1892  Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Certificate of Military 1918 
    Have 
    Military Service 1918  [2
    World War 1 - #3031 
    Burial 1918  Villers-Bretonneux, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Private George Oriel Cousins (1892-1918) - Find a Grave Memorial
    Private George Oriel Cousins (1892-1918) - Find a Grave Memorial
    COUSINS-GeorgeO1892-DE001
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    Death 25 Apr 1918  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper Article 23 May 1918  [4
    Newspaper Article 31 May 1918  [5
    Memorial 1922  Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Memorial Park, corner Moreton Terrace - Leander Drive 
    Siblings 11 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Richard FAIRWEATHER,   b. 1517, Aspall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1566, Aspall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  (10 x Great Grandfather) 
    Anne UNKNOWN,   b. UNKNOWN   d. Nov 1812, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I5316  MyBradyTree | Descendant of Convict Robert COUSINS , RJS
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2024 

    Father Ancestors George COUSINS,   b. 18 Sep 1854, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 2 and 21 Jan 1906, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Partners: Elizabeth Mary WASS  m. NEVER MARRIED;   Mary Ann BISHOP  m. 25 Oct 1905  
    Mother Ancestors Frances Anna PELL,   b. 17 Jun 1855, Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1905, Midland, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1876  Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number #4072 
    Family ID F360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1892 - Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1918 - Villers-Bretonneux, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Apr 1918 - France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMemorial - Memorial Park, corner Moreton Terrace - Leander Drive - 1922 - Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
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    Headstones
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  • Notes 
    • http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf

      In Memory of
      GEORGE ORIEL COUSINS
      Private
      3031
      51st Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
      who died on
      Thursday, 25th April 1918. Age 25.
      Additional Information: Son of George and Frances Hannah Cousins. Born at Irwin, Western Australia.

      Commemorative Information
      Memorial: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France
      Location: Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Memorial stands in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, which is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. Commemorated by name on the Memorial are over 10,000 Australian soldiers who fell in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras and the "Hundred Days" and who have no known grave. The Villers-Bretonneux Memorial is also the Australian National Memorial to the Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War, to their dead, and especially to those of the dead whose graves are unknown.

      Historical Information: The Australian National Memorial was erected to commemorate Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium, to their dead, and especially to those of the dead whose graves are not known. These soldiers fell in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras and the "Hundred Days". There are now 10736, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated on this memorial.

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "George Oriel COUSINS". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5316&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed September 11, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S933] Irwin District Historical Society, Person Code: IRPE1535.

    2. [S613] National Archives of Australia, ## Service Record Available Online at http://www.naa.gov.au ##.

    3. [S924] Find A Grave, Private George Oriel Cousins http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16181456.

    4. [S954] Trove, Family Notices. (1918, May 23). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27478560.

    5. [S954] Trove, Family Notices. (1918, May 31). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 35. Retrieved March 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37450422.