Garnet Spurgeon Cottee (1893–1948)
Garrnet Spurgeon Cottee, n.d. photographer unknown
from Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
GARNET SPURGEON COTTEE, the son of Mr. George F. Cottee and Mrs. Maggie Cottee, was born at Lismore, New South Wales, on 7th August, 1893. He was educated at the Lismore District School and the Fort Street Model School.
He entered the Bank’s service at Lismore on 6th May, 1911, and was transferred in the following year to Grafton, and to Guyra in May, 1915. He enlisted in August of the following year, and continued in the army until eight months after the Armistice. On the strength of his bank experience he had been promoted to the rank of pay sergeant.
Original Publication
Additional Resources
- marries Ella Jean Wyatt, North Western Courier (Narrabri), 22 June 1922, p 2
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Cottee, Margaret (mother)
- Cottee, George Frederick (father)
- Cottee, Frank George (brother)
Citation details
'Cottee, Garnet Spurgeon (1893–1948)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cottee-garnet-spurgeon-19835/text31081, accessed 19 April 2024.
Garrnet Spurgeon Cottee, n.d. photographer unknown
from Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
Life Summary [details]
Birth
7 August,
1893
Lismore,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
17 September,
1948
(aged 55)
Darlinghurst, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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