| Regimental number | 33043 |
| Place of birth | Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Other Names | Edward Ligoria |
| School | St Joseph's Convent, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Flour mill packer |
| Address | 'Roy', Kingston Road, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 21 |
| Height | 5' 7.25" |
| Weight | 130 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, S G Cohen, 'Roy', Kingston Road, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Driver |
| Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade, February 1917 Reinforcements |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/128/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Amiens, France |
| Age at death | 22 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Heilly Station Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 27), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 15 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in St Joseph's Catholic Church (Station of the Cross 3: presented by Mrs COHEN in memory), Gunnedah, New South Wales. Parents: Samuel George and Annie Agnes COHEN, 'Roy', Kingston Road, Camperdown, New South Wales. |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 33042 Driver Raphael Maurice COHEN, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 11 May 1917; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 24 May 1917; discharged from hospital, 27 May 1917 (no further details recorded); disembarked Plymouth, England, 19 July 1917; marched in to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Larkhill, 19 July 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 17 October 1917; taken on strength, 29th Battery, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 24 October 1917. Killed in action, 30 March 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Mother wrote to Base Records, 19 May 1920, responding to letter of 3 May 1920 saying that her proposed inscription on the grave 'far exceeded' the limit of 66 letters including spaces, and offering an alternative form of words: 'We have loved him in life,/Let us not forget him in death,/Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord,/And let perpetual light shine on him./Sweet Jesus have mercy on his soul.' That inscription was still too long, and in the absence of any further communication was shorted by the War Graves Commission. |
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