Henry Lennox COWELL

COWELL, Henry Lennox

Service Number: 70
Enlisted: 15 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Apsley, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town: Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Private schooling at Bringalbert Station, Apsley, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 5, Gallipoli, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 70, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic.
25 Feb 1915: Involvement Corporal, 70, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915: Embarked Corporal, 70, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
21 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 70, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915: Involvement ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 70, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, The Nek

Help us honour Henry Lennox Cowell's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Henry Lennox Cowell also served as a Sergeant Major (SN 9050) with the 5th NZ Mounted Rifles and the NZ Bushmen for 16 months during the Boer War. He embarked overseas (second time) on SS Drayton Grange on 14 April 1902.