Charles Cousens
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Charles Hughes Cousens was an Australian radio broadcaster, television presenter and army officer.
Charles Cousens, 1940
2/19th Battalion (Australia)
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The 2/19th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which was raised for service during the Second World War as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force. After being formed in m
Charles Cousens
…start of World War II. At the onset of World War II, Cousens was appointed captain in the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1940 and posted to the 2/19th Battalion. He was in Malaya when Japan entered the war in 1941. After recovering from burns he sustained while demolishing a village, Cousens rejoined his battalion…
2/19th personnel with a bogged Bren Carrier, Malaya, 1941
The 2/19th Battalion marching down Castlereagh Street in Sydney on 15 September 1940
Troops from the 2/19th await embarkation from Sydney on 5 February 1941