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COWDEN, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 64272 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1917, Albany, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Reinforcements WW1 |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 17 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Bronchopneumonia and cardiac failure, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1965, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Western Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Canning District R.S.L. Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 64272, Reinforcements WW1, Albany, WA |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Nellie Gertrude Cowden, View Street, Albany, Western Australia
Biography contributed by Sherrin Blum
Family has mentioned George's wife Nellie left him and took their son George Junior. George apparently sent money to a box office box to support his son for an unknown period of time and kept asking to see his son but never did. George spent the rest of his life looking for his son. In frustration George changed his surname from Cowden to Brown and shifted from Albany, WA to Geelong in Vic where he had other family members. George junior served in WW2 and died in Japan in 1946.