William Henry COWCHER MM

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Service Number:	3110
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1897
Home Town:	Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	bricklayer
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1951, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
Memorials:	Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial

11 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3110, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3110, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
2 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, 3110, TPE. Returned to Australia 2/3/19 on Derbeyshire.
15 May 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Awarded at Peronne for using his Lewis Gun to take out enemy machine guns enabling capturing of the enemy.

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