Charles Davenport COWAN

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COWAN, Charles Davenport

Service Number:	415
Enlisted:	15 August 1914, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Doutta Galla, Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1895
Home Town:	Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Ascot Vale State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Guedecourt, France, 6 November 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

15 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 415, 7th Infantry Battalion, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 415, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 415, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-11-06

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Davenport COWAN was born on 2nd November, 1895 in Doutta Galla near Ascot Vale in Victoria

His parents were Joseph Charles Martin COWAN & Florence DAVENPORT

He was Killed in Action at Guedecourt in France on 6th November, 1916 by a sniper after trying to rescue a wounded comrade

He was recommended for a Military Medal but it was not awarded

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His brother Harry Kennett COWAN (SN 14) died of wounds on 4th October, 1917 - he was awarded the Military Medal

Another brother Arthur Learmonth COWAN (SN V306155) served during WW2 and was discharged on 19th September, 1945

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