COOTES, Charles James

1893 - 1917  (24 years)

• Name	COOTES, Charles James
  Birth	24 Mar 1893	Maharatta near Bombala, New South Wales   [1]
  		Cootes, Charles James Birth Transcription
  Gender	Male
  Memorial	Cathcart, New South Wales
  		Cathcart War Memorial
  Military Service	5 Aug 1915-3 Apr 1917	WW1
  	as a Lance Corporal, number 2617, 56th Battalion, 1st AIF
  	Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A14Euripides on 2 November 1915
  Occupation	Tailor
  Reference Number	MP10731
  Religion	Church of England
  Death	3 Apr 1917	Pozières, Somme, Picardie, France
  	Delegate Argus Thursday 3 May 1917 pg 2 The Roll of Honour. Private C. J. Cootes, whom, last week we briefly reportedas having died of wounds, was a son of Mr, and Mrs. Sam.Cootes, of Cathcart, who also have two other sons at thefront. He was only quite a young man, and will beremembered by many Delelegate people, as he worked here inthe tailoring trade for a long time with Mr. C. C. Price.Of the devil-may-care style, who have made Australiafamous, he was just the sort to make a fighter, and was afine young fellow in every other respect. He heard the callearly in the war, and was delighted to have had the chanceto do his bit. Poor Charlie has done it and done it well,and though we alldeplore his death and sympathise with his sorrowing parentsit is a consolation to know that he died as he would havewished - in the fight for home and liberty. The Bombala Times Friday 29 March 1918 pg 1 ROLL OF HONOR. In loving memory of Lance Corporal; C. J. Cootes, died fromwounds at Pozieres on 3rd April, 1917.                 If Thou shouldst call me toresign                What most I prize, it ne'rewas mine,                I ony yield This what isThine,                                Thy will be done. Inserted by his loving Father, Mother, Sisters, andBrothers.
  Burial	Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovilllers-La-Boisselle, France
  Notes	Delegate Argus Thursday 10 May 1917 page 2 Soldiers' Letters.Private C. J, Cootes, who has since died of wounds receivedin France, wrote our editor as follows, under date Feb. 5 :-''Just a line to let you know I am quite well, and hope allin Delegate are O.K. I was talking to Jim Sims the otherday, and had a great yarn to him about "bleak Monaro," aswe call it, but it is not as bleak as the place we are innow. The "Snowies" joined up their battalion on Xmas Eve,and went into action in January for the first time. Some ofthem were a bit nervous for a bit, but I think everyone is,although one soon gets used to it. I received a few copiesof the "Argus" the other day from a friend in Delegate. Inoticed by it that quite a lot of the chaps there haveapplied for exemption from enlisting. They ought to tryand  warm their feet and do their bit for sunnyAustralia, for there is no place in the world like it, anda fellow doesn't know it until he has left it. I've been inthe firing line now for eight months, never out of reach ofa shell, and, although it's not the game it's cracked up tobe, I'm glad I didn't miss it. All the Monaro lads arewell, excepting Les. Brill, who has been slightly woundedby shrapnel. Jim Brill [also since, killed - ED.]is in thesame battalion as me, and whenever we get a local paper wepass it round to all the Monaro lads. I suppose you knewpoor Herb. Bartley was killed. It must have been a greatblow to the people of Delegate, but I think the men in hiscompany felt it just as much, for everyone who knew himfairly worshipped him, and the men say themselves they willnever get another Quartermaster like him. George Reed wastaken prisoner the same time that Herb, was killed, andalso Ray Stevens, from Bega. Did you know Herb. Meaker,from Bega, had been awarded the D.C.M. He killed sixGermans and captured four others, so he didn't do too bad.I don't think a man knows how good he is until he ispinched. Les. Brill also has a Military Medal. I think thisis all the news for this time, so I will drop anchor."
  Person ID	I10731	Genealogy Connections | Monaro Pioneers Information
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	COOTES, Samuel Charles,   b. 1861, Corrowong near Delegate, New South Wales d. 17 Nov 1921, "Bellview" Holt's Flat near Nimmitabel, New South Wales (Age 60 years)
  Mother	ATKINS, Elizabeth,   b. 1870, Wolumla, New South Wales d. 22 Feb 1956, Newtown, New South Wales (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1887	Wolumla, New South Wales   [2]
  Family ID	F4022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 24 Mar 1893 - Maharatta near Bombala, New South Wales Memorial - - Cathcart, New South Wales Military Service - as a Lance Corporal, number 2617, 56th Battalion, 1st AIF - 5 Aug 1915-3 Apr 1917 - WW1 Death - 3 Apr 1917 - Pozières, Somme, Picardie, France Burial - - Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovilllers-La-Boisselle, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] NSW BDM Index, 7357/1893 (Reliability: 3). [S1] NSW BDM Index, 4697/1887 (Reliability: 3).