Couchman, Alfred Edgar

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Arts I (e) : Private, 47th Battn. and A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting in August, 1915, and sailing 18th February, 1916, with 31st Battn. reinforcements after being trained as signaller, transferred to 47th on arrival in Egypt and to 14th Australian Field Ambulance, 21st May. Crossing to France, served at Fleurbaix, Somme, Bullecourt, Ypres, Passchendaele and then in the tent section of ambulance till demobilisation. Early education at Sydney High School. Later at Teachers' College.

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1894

Couchman A.E. : Life.Birth 1894
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Early education at Sydney High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Annandale Public School, Annandale, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Auburn Public School, Auburn, NSW, Australia
1914

Assistant Teacher at Burwood -- NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 1 Aug 1915
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Military service as Private at France --, France
1920

Teacher.First Assistant Teacher at Burwood -- NSW, Australia 23 January 1920
1927

Headmaster at Walcha -- NSW, Australia 1927
1940

Headmaster at New Lambton -- NSW, Australia 1940

Gender

Male

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