Harry Stephen COWELL

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COWELL, Harry Stephen

Service Number:	1403
Enlisted:	16 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Mortlake, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Mortlake State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds - chest, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Chaplain Lt. Colonel Hugo officiated Panel 52, Lone Pine Memorial,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Shire of Mortlake War Memorial, Yarrawonga War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to chest sustained at Bloody Angle. Evacuated to Egypt via HS Gascon, however died of his wounds enroute the next day 3 May 1915 and was buried at sea.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James and Emily Cowell of Mortlake, Victoria. Brother of Claude Maxwell Cowell who returned to Australia on 15 September 1918 having served with the 21st Battalion and Charles Thomas Cowell of 23rd Battalion who died of Chronic Nephritis on 23 October 1917 in Cambridge, England and is buried in the Cambridge Cemetery, Row C, Grave 3641

Medals: 1914-15 Star. Brtish War Medal, Victory Medal

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