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Thomas James COWEN

Regimental number839
Place of birthTweed River New South Wales
SchoolKurrara Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs May Cowen, Chinderah, Tweed River, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried 2nd Casualty Station, Steervert.
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 8), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and May COWEN, Chinderah, New South Wales. Native of Tween River
Family/military connectionsHad relatives who fell at the front - details not known.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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