Tibby Cotter

janettepsmith · 24th May 2008, 09:59 PM

Hello,there,
I was most interested to read the piece about "Tibby" Albert Cotter .. he was my Grandfathers brother, so I am most interested in the book to be published about Tibby's life and death, at Beersheba.
The article in the Australian,did make an error, in that after his brother John was killed, 3 weeks before Tibby, his two "middle" brothers died, in seperate accidents, many years later, the other 2 brothers lived till the early 50s.
They all lived a priviledged,happy life, in Glebe, Sydney, all well educated, and "keen" on sport, Tibbys brother Norman, especially, who, but for an injury to his knees, would,I have heard, have been the star of the family.
So, that,s my "pennyworth" ... nice to get it straight.
So,... the true story comes out, of this "fearless" stretcher bearer He must have been a really admired man,on the battlefield,.....and from what I have heard from my (older)! relatives ,quite a charmer, (with startling blue eyes) and a lovely personality
But, as with So Many other young men,... what a waste. Thank you for reading, Janette Smith

bigmutt · 25th May 2008, 10:40 AM

gday and welcome janettepsmith i do belive that every australian is proud of all our fallen heroes , and im shore the book will be a good read .

Micksxboxmods · 25th May 2008, 11:57 AM

welcome to the forum

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janettepsmith New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 1	Tibby Cotter Hello,there, I was most interested to read the piece about "Tibby" Albert Cotter .. he was my Grandfathers brother, so I am most interested in the book to be published about Tibby's life and death, at Beersheba. The article in the Australian,did make an error, in that after his brother John was killed, 3 weeks before Tibby, his two "middle" brothers died, in seperate accidents, many years later, the other 2 brothers lived till the early 50s. They all lived a priviledged,happy life, in Glebe, Sydney, all well educated, and "keen" on sport, Tibbys brother Norman, especially, who, but for an injury to his knees, would,I have heard, have been the star of the family. So, that,s my "pennyworth" ... nice to get it straight. So,... the true story comes out, of this "fearless" stretcher bearer He must have been a really admired man,on the battlefield,.....and from what I have heard from my (older)! relatives ,quite a charmer, (with startling blue eyes) and a lovely personality But, as with So Many other young men,... what a waste. Thank you for reading, Janette Smith

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bigmutt Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: newcastle Posts: 161 iTrader: (7) Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Rep Power: 3	Re: Tibby Cotter gday and welcome janettepsmith i do belive that every australian is proud of all our fallen heroes , and im shore the book will be a good read . __________________ Click Here to Email Me

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