James Cockburn BARROWMAN

Badge Number: 10639, Sub Branch: Henley Beach
10639

BARROWMAN, James Cockburn

Service Number: 1378
Enlisted: 8 May 1915, 11th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 10 April 1875
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Draper
Died: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 2 February 1969, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

8 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1378, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcements
4 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1378, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 1378, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
20 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 1378
28 Jun 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1378, 5th Light Horse Regiment, per HT Madras
14 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1378, 5th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

James was the fifth of ten children of William Barrowman (born 1840 in Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Jane Cockburn (born 1846 in Ayrshire, Scotland). William and Jane met and married in Gympie, QLD and raised their children there.

James was living in Gympie QLD and working as a Draper when he enlisted in Toowoomba, QLD in 1915. He served with the AIF 5th Light Horse Brigade as a Private and then Corporal (Service nO: 1378) in Cairo, Port Said, Heliopolis and Moscar and was Discharged in 1919.

Following WWI, James lived in Rockhampton, QLD and worked as a Draper's Assistant. He married Annie Wilson in 1921 and they continued to live in Rockhampton and raise their family there. James worked as a Draper's Assistant and died in 1969 in Rockhampton

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