The grave of WX12792 Private (Pte) Haakon George Cousins, 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, ...

Accession Number P03794.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The grave of WX12792 Private (Pte) Haakon George Cousins, 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, of Scarborough, Western Australia (WA). Pte Cousins enlisted in Claremont, WA, on 14 May 1941. He was killed in action in Egypt near El Alamein on 22 July 1942 aged 21 and is buried at the El Alamein War Cemetery.