MCGOWN, John
| Service Number: | 3967 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tobacco presser |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 7 October 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Plot W-21-GE-SP-270 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3967, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3967, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3967, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3967, 55th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John McGown was the son of John and Mary McGown, of Surry Hills, New South Wales. He had been born in Glasgow, Scotland, and the family had come to Australia when he was very young. The mother, Mary, passed away in Sydney on 30 November 1915, and their father, John McGown, died during January 1920.
John lost two younger brothers during the war, 3165 Pte. Alfred George McGown 3rd Battalion AIF, was killed in action near Flers, France, on 5 November 1916, aged 22 and 3855 Sapper Walter Carrington McGown 15th Field Company Engineers, was killed in action in Belgium on 26 September 1917, at 19 years of age.
John was wounded in action 10 October 1916, a gunshot wound to left leg, and evacuated to England with compound fractures to tibia and fibula, left leg. He was returned to Australia 10 September 1917, and discharged permanently unfit during May 1918.