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COURTNEY, Henry William
Private Courtney put his age as 21 years and 1 month when he enlisted at South Melbourne on 6 July 1917. He gave his next of kin as his sister, Rose Courtney, who resided at 55 Studley Road, Forest Gate, Essex; in May 1918 he changed his next of kin to name his father, of the same address.
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COWPER, Gerald Audrey Cadogan
Gerald Audrey Cadogan Cowper was born in England, probably Hertfordshire, in 1882, to Frank Cadogan Cowper and his wife Edith. He went to Preparatory School for two years in Hertfordshire, then on to Cranleigh College, Surrey, for five years. Cranleigh was reputed to have one of the best Cadet Corps in England.
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COXON, Jack Garnet
Son of Thomas William Coxon and Alice Taylor Garnett, born 1893 in East Melbourne. A search of the Sands & McDougall Post Office Directories shows the family to be then living at 108 Powlett Street, East Melbourne. The house was a boarding house and it does not appear that the Coxons lived there for more than a year. In 1889 Thomas, employed as an accountant by L.
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COY, John William
John William Coy was the son of John William Coy and his wife, Agnes Veronica, nee Hannan.
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COZENS, Lewis William
Lewis William Cozens was born in Newcastle NSW on 24 September, 1885, the eldest son of Evan William Richard Cozens and his wife, Mary, nee Jeffrey. He was to have three sisters, Eleanor Jane, b. 1883, Emily May, b. 1884, and Marion Irene, b. 1885. He may also have a brother, either Alan or Jeffrey Gully Cozens.
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CRANSTON, Albert Victor Herbert
Albert's Attestation Papers indicate he was living in East Melbourne upon enlistment on 19th August 1914, whilst his next of kin lived in East Brunswick. Albert was 22 years and six months of age at enlistment, being 5 feet 5 and 1/4 inches tall.
As a younger person, Albert spent 3 years as a Junior Cadet and a further four years as a Naval Cadet.
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CRAWLEY, Richard Henry
Like his father, Richard Henry Crawley was a baker. He had undertaken a four year apprenticeship with Mr. A.C.
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CRICHTON, Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson Crichton was one of seven children of Andrew Brown Crichton and his wife, Sarah, nee Dobson. He was the fifth child with five sisters and one brother, Andrew. At the time he enlisted he was 24 years' old, single and workign as a carpenter. In 1914, he had been living at 714 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, but by 1915, was living with his mother at 70 Gipps St. East Melbourne.
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CROW, Francis Peter
Born East Melbourne, enlisted 24 January 1916 at Melbourne, embarked 20 May 1916, disembarked at Plymouth 18 July 1916, died of disease (scarlet fever) at Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, England 28 December 1916, his 19th birthday. Buried Stratford sub Castle Churchyard near Salisbury. His name is on the honour board of the Riddell district in the local Mecha
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CULLIVER, Seth William
Norman Seth Culliver was born in 1894 to Eli Culliver (1866-1903) and his wife Margaret Moore Culliver (1866-1943). The family lived in Drysdale, Victoria on the Bellarine Peninsula, but probably moved follwinging Eli Culliver's death in 1902.
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