Frederick Adrian COWPER

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COWPER, Frederick Adrian

Service Number:	29057
Enlisted:	12 May 1916, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Edgecliff, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

12 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 29057, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Driver, 29057, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Driver, 29057, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
21 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 116th to 120th Howitzer Brigade
29 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
11 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 29057, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 'Shandon', New South Head Road, Edgecliff, NSW

Son of Frederic Robinson Cowper and Violet Cowper nee McCrae of Post Office Chambers, Pitt Street, Sydney,NSW. Brother of William A. Cowper

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on the 24 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 20 December 1940 Frederick married Mona Mary Curran in QLD

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