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James McGOWN

Regimental number3203
Place of birthMaidstone, Victoria
SchoolNatt Street State School Port Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPort Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs E J McGown, 126 Albert Road, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of disease 20/2/1919
Place of death or woundingNot Known (Died of Pneumonia 1919)
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3043), Dorset
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Amelia MCGOWN; husband of E.J. MCGOWN, 119 Mansfield Street, Northcote, Victoria

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