Frank Noel MCGOWEN

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MCGOWEN, Frank Noel

Service Number:	44
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born:	Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales,Australia, 18 March 1893
Home Town:	Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cleveland Street Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Agriculture Student
Died:	GSW to back at Lone Pine, 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 24 August 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row H, Grave 169 Headstone inscription reads: Sometime we will understand, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 44, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney
23 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 44, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Southern embarkation_ship_number: A27 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 44, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Southern, Sydney
12 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 44, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Shrapnel wound to the back causing damage to the spinal cord

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Sinclair Taylor McGowen and Emily McGowen of Palace Street, Petersham, NSW. Brother of J.H. McGowen of Eurella Street, Burwood, NSW who was a licensed Surveyor

EX-PREMIER'S SON.
Mr. McGowen received official notification of his son's death yesterday. The deceased soldier, who had been wounded in the hack with shrapnel, was the ex-Premier's youngest son. Only 20 years of age, he was a fine specimen of Australian manhood, and stood 6 feet 1 inch in height. At the time of enlistment, he was a student at the Hawkesbury College. A second son is at present in training.
Private McGowen is the first son of a New South Wales politician to lose his life in the war.

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