Oliver Edward COWAN

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Service Number:	1019
Enlisted:	20 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Girilambone, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Marist Brothers Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Pastry cook
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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20 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement 1019, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked 1019, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
8 Oct 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1019, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1019 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-08

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