COWIE, Alfred James
| Service Number: | 4518 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, April 1885 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bronchitis, Military Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 3 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Baverstock (St. Edith) Churchyard INSCRIPTION THE SUPREME SACRIFICE , Baverstock (St Edith) Churchyard, Baverstock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4518, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4518, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4518, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of James and Phoebe Jane Cowie, of Pitt St., Singleton, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 3rd March........Private Alfred James Cowie was born at Singleton, New South Wales in 1885. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th September, 1916 as a 31 year old Labourer.
Private Cowie arrived in England on 29th January, 1917 for further training before being sent to the Front. He was admitted sick to Military Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire from 8th Training Battalion at Hurdcott on 17th February, 1917.
Private Alfred James Cowie died at 4.30 p.m. on 3rd March, 1917 from Bronchitis. He was buried in St. Edith’s Churchyard at Baverstock, Wiltshire where 28 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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(Headstone photo - Andrew Stacey; others - Helen Roberts)
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