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Samuel Crichton McGOWAN

Regimental number1336
Place of birthTembrook, Victoria
SchoolToowoomba Grammar School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressEmo Yoroke, Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Jane McGowan, Emo Yoroke, Warwick, Queensland
Enlistment date9 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/10/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915
FateDied of wounds 7 August 1916
Place of death or woundingRomani, Sinai, Egypt
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 2), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel Benson and Elizabeth Jane MCGOWAN, Warwick. Native of Gembrook, Victoria
Family/military connectionsPTE, J Liehy, CO, and PTE, NM Liehy, CO, both died in France

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