Stewart McPherson MCGOWAN

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MCGOWAN, Stewart McPherson

Service Number:	8204
Enlisted:	17 August 1915
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 4 March 1896
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmanian, Australia.
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 November 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Plot IV, Row L, Grave No. 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8204, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 8204, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 8204, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
27 Nov 1916:	Involvement Bombardier, 8204, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8204 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1916-11-27

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stewart McGowan was buried in the field at the time of his death but during 1920 his remains were exhumed and buried in the Guards Cemetery. His brother Lieutenant Robert James McGowan 5th Pioneer Battalion AIF, won the Military Cross at Bellicourt, during September 1918 in France.

They were the sons of William and Jessie McGown of Launceston, Tasmania.

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