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COWARD, Thomas Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 572 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Meekatharra, Meekatharra, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 572, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 572, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Roy Coward of Meekathara
Thomas Roy Coward (known as Roy) was born 24th Dec 1895 at Ballarat, Victoria. He was 19 when he died.
In September 1901 Roy's parents Tom and Phoebe moved their family of three children (Roy had two older sisters) to the wilds of the Western Australian goldfields where Roy grew up. They were living in Meekatharra when Roy enlisted.
Submitted 1 March 2015 by Graham Coward
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