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COWPER, Thompson
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2404, 2404A |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 17 November 1962, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld Section 2, Row M, Grave 13 |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Ipswich The Great War |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2404, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2404, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2404, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2404A, 47th Infantry Battalion, Letter A had been added to his service number when taken on strength. Wound to the chest and admitted to London Hospital on 11 May 1917 | |
| 17 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2404A, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thompson Cowper and Elizabeth Cowper nee Pacey of Basin Pocket, Ipswich, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 12 February 1918 at Melbourne then transhipped aboard RMS Ormonde to Sydney then overland to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 21 January 1941 Thompson married Irene Margaret Wilkins in QLD