COWELL, Sidney Lewis
| Service Number: | 578 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Apsley, Victoria, Australia, 21 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 15 August 1915, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 2, Row A, Grave 1 Headstone inscription reads: At rest |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 578, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 18 Aug 1914: | Honoured British Empire Medal, British War Medal | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 578, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 578, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 578, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Slight wound to the hip | |
| 15 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 578, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Quinn's Post |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Alexander Cowell and Jessie Lennox Cowell; husband of Emma Cowell of Stanhope Street, Daylesford, Victoria formerly of 19 Bayview Avenue, Auburn, Victoria and father of Sidney Ormond Cowell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Alison Knudsen
Son of Arthur Alexander COWELL and Janet "Jessie" Lennox COWELL (nee HAMILTON).
Brother to Jessie Mary COWELL, Louisa Jane COWELL, Frances Lennox COWELL, Henrietta Edith COWELL, Leslie COWELL, Henry Lennox COWELL, Francis Gilbert COWELL, Arthur Alexander COWELL, Emma Regina "Ina" COWELL.
Husband to Emma COWELL (nee HAUSER).
Father to Sydney Ormond COWELL born 1913
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