George Albion COWLEY

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Service Number:	1331
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1 November 1876
Home Town:	Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive Engine driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 December 1916, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown I.O.O.F. Great European War Roll of Honor, Camperdown St. Paul's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Yarram WW1 War Memorial

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1331, Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1331, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1331, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
31 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1331, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1331 awm_unit: 22nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-12-31

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Married Margarette O'Grady in 1896 and settled in Camperdown, where she and the Children (5) remained after he was KIA in 1916.

George enlisted in Yarram, where we believe he was working at the time as an engineer.

A well loved son and father. A talented shooter and active member of the local Camperdown gun club.

KIA as he was resting and looking for rations around 5pm on New years eve.

His wife never remarried.

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