Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S.S. EMPIRE RUSKIN (South Shields)
WW2
WW2
Fireman Frederick COSIER
Merchant Navy Died 18-1-1943, Gibraltar, aged 25years Son of Ada Cosier, of Melbourne Resting: Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Gibraltar Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
At the North Front Cemetery in Gibraltar is the mass grave of the merchant seaman who died by explosion on board S.S. Empire Ruskin on 18 January 1943.
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) 13-2-1943
COSIER.-- Seaman Frederick (MN) beloved son of Ada and the late Edward Cosier, of 48 Tennyson Street, Kew and loving brother of Arthur (A.I.F. abroad), Edward William (A.I.F), Thelma (Mrs Oliver) Hazel
( Mrs Ashby) and Roy (A,I.F.) Buried at a British Mediterranean port. Aged 25 years. Duty nobly done.
COSIER.-- Seaman Frederick (MN) beloved son of Ada and the late Edward Cosier, of 48 Tennyson Street, Kew and loving brother of Arthur (A.I.F. abroad), Edward William (A.I.F), Thelma (Mrs Oliver) Hazel
( Mrs Ashby) and Roy (A,I.F.) Buried at a British Mediterranean port. Aged 25 years. Duty nobly done.