Percy Garland COWPER

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Service Number:	7220
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fettler & Lengthsman
Died:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 30 July 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Grafton Cemetery, NSW Presbyterian area, Row C, Grave 18
Memorials:

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7220, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 7220, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 7220, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
27 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, At Southampton, England prior to embarking to France
29 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7220, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the head. transferred to England on 3 April 1918 aboard HS Guilford Castle
21 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 15th Battalion
16 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, From Machine Gun Details
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7220, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Thomas Cowper and Eliza Cowper nee of Lismore, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Spelmania Cowper of Keen Street, Lismore, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 9 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1931c Percy married Mary J. Wells in Lismore, NSW