Clifford Owen BOWCOTT

BOWCOTT, Clifford Owen

Service Number: 66
Enlisted: 21 September 1914, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Abergavenny, Wales, 1890
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Died of Wounds (received at Gallipoli), Alexandria, Egypt, 5 December 1915
Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, McKinlay War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66, Townsville, Queensland
21 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 66, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
21 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 66, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
16 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 66, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 66, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound (shoulder and legs)
29 Nov 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 66, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - Shell wound (perineum)
5 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 66, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 66 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-05

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Clifford Owen BOWCOTT was born in 1890 in Abergavenny, Wales

His parents were John & Mary BOWCOTT

His brother Frederick SN57930 of the 9th South Wales Borderers also lost his life in WW1 on 30th May, 1918

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Llanfoist War Memorial