Reginald John COWEN

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Service Number:	NX155946
Enlisted:	13 June 1942, Lithgow, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 17 February 1921
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	General Business (Store Keeper) / Fruiterer
Died:	Scrub typhus, New Guinea, 24 April 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot M. Row B. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HE PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial, Preston 57/60th Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX155946
13 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 9th Training Battalion (AIF), Lithgow, New South Wales
31 Jan 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
8 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX155946

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