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Military service
Service number:
285427
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
May 23, 1894
Enlistment:
Newmarket, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 6.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Cousins
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Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 220th Bn. Private Cousins enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave marker
Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) memorial located in the village of Warvillers, France. This memorial commemorates all members of the unit who fought and in particular those who fell during the Battle of Amiens 8-9 August 1918. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 583 of 900.
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Cousins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DEMUIN BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Demuin is a village 5 kilometres from Villers Bretonneux. From Villers-Bretonneux take the D23 in the direction of Demuin and Moreuil, heading south. Drive on until the exit of Villers, and then carry straight on to Demuin. The cemetery is on the right hand side just before entering Demuin.
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