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MCCOWAN, Colin Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 167 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Palmer's Channel, Clarence River, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mullumbimby, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 24 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 27 Was last seen when going to casualty station with a thigh wound and was never seen again. The area t the time was being heavily shelled, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 167, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW | |
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| 29 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 167, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 167, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 15 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 42nd Infantry Battalion, IN the field | |
| 24 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 167, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 167 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander and Annie McCowan of Mullumbimby, Brunswick River, NSW later of North Arm, North Coast Line, QLD
8 January 1917 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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