Thompson COWPER

COWPER, Thompson

    Service Numbers: 2404, 2404A
    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 Methodist Church Great War Honour Roll, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Ipswich The Great War
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2404, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    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

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    Biography 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

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