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COWCHER, Edward George

Service Number:	1173
Enlisted:	1 March 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia, 12 January 1894
Home Town:	Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Pyrmont Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Bellicourt British Cemetery V. R. 10.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pyrmont Public School Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1173, 17th Infantry Battalion
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1173, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1173, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
1 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
5 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
19 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
6 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 1st March, 1917. He directed and controlled the fire of two Lewis Guns which were in the open and exposed to enemy machine gun and shell fire, and inflicted many casualties. On 2nd March, 1917, after a bombing party had been driven down Layton Lane, Corporal Cowcher held a barricade with his Lewis Gun while bombs were being freely exchanged; and ....... For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations on 3/4 May 1917 against the Hindenburg Line near Noreuil when in charge of his Company Lewis Guns and when one of his crews was wiped out he saved the gun and assisted 781 Sergeant M.J. McKay's party. When his ammunition ran out he siezed a German machine gun and kept it going until the party now reduced in number was forced to give ground owing to the enemy counter attacking on two sides.
3 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1173, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1173 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-10-03

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