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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Ralph Cossar
Force:
Army
Regiment:
Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
64th Battalion
Regimental Number:
469115
Rank:
Private
Date of Birth:
July 9, 1897
Place of Birth:
Beaver River, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
August 19, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Sussex, New Brunswick
Age at Enlistment:
18
Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches
Trade:
Farmer
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
(Father) Herbert Cossar, Beaver River, Nova Scotia
Ralph was the son of Hubert and Clara B. Cossar, of Beaver River, N.S. He enlisted with the 64th Battalion in Sussex, New Brunswick. He died a
victim of the epidemic of pneumonia and diphtheria that swept through the troops that occupied sheds at Pier Two, Halifax. At least 4 others in his
unit died in the same week including Edgar Mullen, also of Yarmouth and is also buried in the same cemetery as Ralph Cossar.
Date of Death:
January 2, 1916
Age at Death:
18
Cemetery:
Port Maitland (Beaver River) Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada
Plot: L . 161A. East side, Avenue F.
Commemorated on Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 22
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada (Attestation Paper)
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
Commonwealth War Grave Commission (Cemetery Information)
Canadian Great War Project
Veterans Affairs Canada
Additional Information:
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (p 100
Private Ralph Cossar
Attestation Paper
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Wartime Heritage Photo, July 2014