Egbert Shoobridge CUSSEN

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CUSSEN, Egbert Shoobridge

Service Number:	65967
Enlisted:	29 May 1918, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW)
Born:	Casterton Victoria, Australia, 31 March 1888
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	State Schools & Christian Brotherhood, Victoria
Occupation:	Commission agent
Died:	Illness (Influenza), United Kingdom, 21 November 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Section IV, Row J, Grave 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes RSL Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65967, Sydney
4 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 65967, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 65967, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney
21 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 65967, 19th General Reinforcements

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Biography contributed

Egbert Shoobridge CUSSEN was born in Casterton in Victoria on 31st March, 1888

His parents were John Finn CUSSEN & Elizabeth Jane SHOOBRIDGE who married in Victoria in 1881

He married Sybil MATTHEWS in Sydney in 1913 - two children John Finn Bernard & Margaret Augusta

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His son John Finn Bernard CUSSEN (SN NX20082) served during WW2 as a Lance Sergeant in the 3rd Australian Army Rehab Unit and was discharged in 1945

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