Denzil Rupert COWEN

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COWEN, Denzil Rupert

Service Number:	2634
Enlisted:	10 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Neutral Bay, New South Wales, 31 August 1899
Home Town:	Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Qld., 28 August 1983, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane OL-1085.
Memorials:	Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll, Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2634, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane, Queensland
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2634, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2634, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2634, 5th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Denzil was the son of James Louis Cowen and his wife Gertrude. He attended Humpybong State School. At the time Denzil enlisted Gertrude was running the Orient Boarding house above Suttons Beach at Redcliffe and father, James Louis, was serving as a Shire Councilor on the Redcliffe Shire Council. His brother Errol (2702) also enlisted. Denzel managed Orient House on his return from the war and married Beryl Gladys Ross in 1926

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