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Sergeant Aubrey Cosens, V.C. 1921-1945
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2006
Photo by contributor Albert Joseph - Posted December, 2010
Plaque Location
The District of Cochrane
Town of Iroquois Falls
At a tourist booth on the east side of Highway 11
1.0 km south of the northern junction with Highway 67
Coordinates: N 48 42.133 W 80 47.390 |
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Plaque Text
Born in Latchford and raised near Porquis Junction, Cosens enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment, Canadian Active Service Force, in 1940 and transferred to the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1944. Early on February 26, 1945, his unit attacked German forces at Mooshof, Holland, a strategic position vital to the success of future operations. His platoon suffered heavy casualties and Cosens assumed command. Supported by a tank, he led another attack against three enemy strongpoints, which he captured single-handed. He later was killed by a sniper. For his "outstanding gallantry, initiative and determined leadership" he was posthumously awarded the Commonwealth's highest decoration for valour, the Victoria Cross.
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Posted August 7, 2010
Hello Alan, I have just been surfing on the net and came across your photo of Aubrey Cosens V.C. I read the Plaque and saw that they have Mooshof in Holland, the authorities who were responsible for the making of the plaque did not do their homework properly. Mooshof is in Germany on the lower Rhine near a small german village called Keppeln.
Greetings from Uedem. Steve Heppenstall (ex-RAF)
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