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Corporal GEORGE COOKSLEY

Service Number: 1738
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. A. 37.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Ellen Cooksley, of Walnut Terrace, Alcombe, Somerset, England, and the late William Cooksley. Born at Porlock, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 660
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