What Happened to the Gilgandra Coo-ees
The Rejected Coo-ees
Albert Warren Pearce was rejected at the depot because of his eyesight. But he re-enlisted on April 25, 1916
John McNamara was a veteran of Sudan and South Africa, but he was Absent without leave once too often and he was discharged.
Tyson Ryan and Richard Wrigley were also discharged.
Ernest Simpson (mistakenly known as C. A. Simpson) failed to pass the medical in Gilgandra, but marched anyway, only to find he was rejected again in Sydney.
The Coo-ees Who Did Not Return
Harold Baxter
Kia 22.11.1916
Flers France
James Crawford
Died of Wounds 3.9.1916
Mouquet Farm France
Charles Finn
KIA 7.4.1917
Noreuil France
William Hitchen
Died of Disease
3.9.1916
England
Frank Humphrey
Died of Disease 23.8.1916
Havre France
Laurence Maguire
KIA 2.4.1918
Albert France
Stanley Stephens
KIA 11.4.1917
Bullecourt France