Lance Sergeant Allan Roy Cozens (1892 - 1973)
Maker and Role
Photographer: Tyree Studio (estab. 1882, closed 1947)
Photo Collection Reference Number
84008
Description
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Lance Sergeant Allan Roy Cozens (Serial No. 6/759) in military uniform. Cozens was born on 15 April 1892 in Dovedale. On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his next of kin is listed as Mrs W. Parkinson (mother), Awa, Nelson, New Zealand. Before enlisting for service during World War One Cozens worked for himself as a farmer. Cozens enlisted from Murchison, New Zealand and joined the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. He embarked on 24 September 1914 from Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand for Wellington, New Zealand. From Wellington Cozens joined the Main Body and embarked on 16 October 1914 for Egypt. He served for four years and two hundred and ninety-one days in Egypt, the Balkans and Western Europe. Cozens survived the war and was discharged on 4 June 1919. He died on 3 March 1973 in Nelson, New Zealand.
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