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MOWAT, Magnus
Personal Details
Service Number: | 643 |
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Enlisted: | 24 October 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia, 9 May 1897 |
Home Town: | Yarraman, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Yarraman State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | School teacher |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Hancourt British Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nanango War Memorial, Yarraman War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 643, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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10 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 643, 7th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 643, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
18 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 643, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 643 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Magnus MOWAT was born on 9th May, 1897 in Beenleigh, Queensland to Margaret Lyon MOWAT - no Father listed on birth registration
Margaret married Owen CALLAGHAN on 12th December, 1898 in Queensland