Cedric James William MOWAT

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MOWAT, Cedric James William

Service Number:	1904
Enlisted:	2 March 1916
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia, 11 January 1890
Home Town:	Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 August 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Arno Bay WW1 Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Cleve War Memorial, Cowell War Memorial, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1904, 5th Pioneer Battalion
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1904, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1904, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
1 Aug 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 1904, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1904 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-01

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Gunner Cedric James William Mowat was born in 1890, the son of Willliam Cormack MOWAT and Annie Elizabeth Barnes. He was the eldest of two sons. While his father died a few years after he was born his mother remarried George STRACHAN when Cedric was 11 years old. Another brother was born in 1902.

Cedric's brother, Gunner Reginald Henry MOWAT enlisted in 1916 in the Fifth Divisional Ammunition Column.

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