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John Joseph MAGOWAN

Regimental number235
Place of birthCharters Towers, Queensland
SchoolQuenton State School, Charters Towers, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGeneral Post Office Winton, Winton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Magowan, Hodgkinson Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlistment date4 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialOuttersteene Commu9nal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 45), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jessie MAGOWAN, Mary Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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