Charles Watkin COWEN

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Service Number:	2049
Enlisted:	4 July 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gardners Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 30 August 1883
Home Town:	Gardners Bay, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Gardners Bay State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Mill hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 July 1917, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Port Cygnet Soldiers Memorial

4 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2049, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
23 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2049, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2049, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2049, 40th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
23 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2049, 40th Infantry Battalion

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