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48th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
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Those known to have served with48th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the Great War 1914-1918. - Badnall Cecil Beaumont. Pte. (d.2nd Jun 1917)
- Blooman Henry. Pte. (d.18th Oct 1917)
- Cosson MID DCM. John George. 2nd Lt. (d.7th Aug 1916)
- Leane MID. Benjamin Bennett. Major (d.10th Apr 1917)
- Mallyon Alfred Kingsnorth. Pte. (d.3rd May 1918)
- Unwin William. L/Cpl. (d.29th March 1918)
- Wall George Thomas.
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L/Cpl. William Unwin 48th Btn. Australian Infantry (d.29th March 1918) Wiliam Unwin died on the 29th of March aged 27 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France.
he was the son of William and Katherine Unwin. Native of Wallaroo, South Australia.
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Major Benjamin Bennett Leane MID. 10th Infantry Battalion (d.10th Apr 1917)  Benjamin Bennett Leane was born at Prospect in South Australia on 3 June 1889. His family would become famous for their wartime service. After attending school in Prospect Benjamin trained in engineering and was working as a clerk and warehouseman when he enlisted for service in the First World War. At 25 Benjamin enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 19 August 1914, having already spent four years with the 10th Infantry Regiment of the part-time Citizens' Forces. Out of the six Leane brothers, he was one of the five that enlisted for service. Leane departed Adelaide with the 10th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Ascanius on 20 October 1914.
In the early hours of 25 April 1915 Leane landed on Gallipoli. That day he was wounded by a gunshot wound to his left forearm and was soon after evacuated to England for convalescence. After returning to the peninsula in August, Leane was Mentioned in Despatches, promoted to lieutenant, and temporarily made adjutant of the unit. During this time Leane adopted the approach of writing detailed diary entries as though he were talking to his wife, Phylllis, something that he was not able to do in his letters home.
The following March the newly promoted captain was made adjutant of the 48th Infantry Battalion. It became known as the "Joan of Arc" (the Maid of Orleans) battalion because it was "made of all Leanes": it was commanded by Leane's brother Raymond, Leane himself was adjutant, and several of his nephews were scattered throughout the battalion. The battalion was sent to the Western Front where its first major action was at Pozières in August 1916. Leane continued to distinguish himself that year, promoted to major and awarded of the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.
On the eve of the first battle of Bullecourt on 10 April 1917, Benjamin Leane was killed in action by an artillery shell. He is buried at Queant Road Cemetery, France. The war would also take the lives of two of his nephews and his brother Allan. During the inter-war years Leane's mother passed away. His brothers Raymond and Norman went on to serve in the Second World War with the Volunteer Defence Corps.
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2nd Lt. John George Cosson MID DCM. 16th Infantry Batn. (d.7th Aug 1916) John George Cosson was born at Barnes, England during 1866 to parents John and Eliza. He immigrated to Australia at the age of eight and married Elizabeth Mackenzie in 1900. A tobacconist by trade, he enlisted at Perth on 12th May 1915. At the age of 49, he joined the 16th Infantry Battalion with the rank of private and departed Fremantle aboard HMAT Chilka on 18th June 1915. Two nephews, Private Frederick Arthur Kinsey and Private Harry Cosson, also served during the First World War.
Cosson was wounded at the battle of Lone Pine on 7th August 1915 and re-joined his unit during October 1915. Cosson was still at Gallipoli for the evacuation and was amongst the last 22 men to leave. On 1st January 1916, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and four months later transferred to the 48th Infantry Battalion. It was also at this time that he became a second lieutenant. During 1916, Cosson also received a mention in despatches and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
John Cosson was 50 years old when he was killed in action at the battle of Pozieres on 7th August 1916. He is commemorated on the Villers-Brettoneux Australian National Memorial in France.
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Pte. Henry Blooman 48th Battalion (d.18th Oct 1917) My Great Uncle Harry Blooman was born 1890 Pancras London Middlesex, in 1901 he was resident in a Childrens Workhouse. He later lived at Balcombe, Brighton, Sussex. In 1911 sailed to Australia, arrived Fremantle port and found work as a farmhand for Mrs E.Onge, Blairmore, Kulin , East Wickepin Western Australia.
Harry enlisted in A.I.F. at Wickepin, Western Australia and joined the 48th Battalion on the Western Front. On the 13.10.1917 he received a bayonet wound to the stomach and on the following day he was transferred from 3rd A.F.A. to 7th General Hospital, St.Omer. Harry died 18.10.1917 from wounds and was at buried ay Longuenesse (St.Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in France. R.I.P. Harry.
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