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COWAN, Gilbert Clarence

Service Number:	2765
Enlisted:	1 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 18 August 1898
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street School, Gilles Street Primary School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2765, 50th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2765, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2765, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide

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