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MACGOWAN, Melville Roy Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4558 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawker, South Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cleve, Cleve, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Cleve School, SA |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Pneumonia whilst a Prisoner of War, Germany, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Niederzwehren Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Arno Bay WW1 Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Cleve War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 4558, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 4558, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 4558, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4558 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
His brother 4628 Private Edward Oliver Harbison MacGowan also of the 43rd Battalion AIF was killed in action on 15 October 1917
Biography contributed
Melville Roy Gordon MacGOWAN was born in South Australia in 1894
His parents were Edward Jackson MacGOWAN & Elizabeth Ann RICKETTS
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