Charles Mervyn COWPER

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Service Number:	27252
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 18 May 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England area, Section P, Grave 22. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 27252, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Driver, 27252, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Driver, 27252, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
27 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Fromm 11th Field Artillery Brigade
30 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 27252, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wound to the shoulder. Transferred to England on 7 August 1917 aboard HS Warilda
31 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 27252, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Charles Lethbridge Cowper and Blanche Cowper of Rose Bary, NSW.

Brother of Baron Copeland Copwer who returned to Australia on 24 January 1919

Brother of Roy Dawson Cowper who returned to Australia on 12 June 1919 having served with the 9th Field Company Engineers

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima as wounded disembarking on 9 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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