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COWPER, Charles William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3560 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | St Marys Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 12 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Cirencester, Gloustershire, England, 23 February 1939, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Cambooya War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3560, 7th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 14 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Field Ambulance | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 3560, 7th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 3560, 7th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Field Ambulance | |
| 18 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Field Ambulance | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Citation reads: Constant and unfailing devotion to duty as a bearer, Gallipoli Peninsula from 13th September 1915 until evacuation. London Gazette on 27 October 1916, page 10486,position 57 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 April 1917, page 919, position 3 | |
| 5 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Field Ambulance, From 7th Field Ambulance | |
| 14 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 6th Field Ambulance | |
| 6 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3560, 6th Field Ambulance, Discharge in London as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Sydney from Glasgow, Scotland during 1912c
Son of James Beattie Cowper and Catherine Cowper nee MacKintosh of Comeby Bank Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Previously served for three years in the Queen's Volunteer Rifles (Royal Scots)
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Charles married Ada Reading in Tetbury, Gloustershire, England