Regimental number | 8204 |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
School | Launceston Church (Catholic) Grammar School, Tasmania |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Tamar Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, William McGown, Tamar Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Previous military service | 40th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in the Cadets. Served in the Citizen's Forces (Artillery) |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 17 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th FAB |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Flers, France |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Guards' Cemetery (Plot IV, Row L, Grave No. 7), Lesboeufs, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 14 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Jessie MCGOWAN, Launceston, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | LT, RJ McGowan 5th Pioneers, BR, won the Military Cross at Bullicourt, 1918 France |