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Stewart Macpherson McGOWAN

Regimental number8204
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolLaunceston Church (Catholic) Grammar School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressTamar Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, William McGown, Tamar Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military service40th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in the Cadets. Served in the Citizen's Forces (Artillery)
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 17
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 22 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th FAB
FateKilled in Action 27 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialGuards' 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 connectionsLT, RJ McGowan 5th Pioneers, BR, won the Military Cross at Bullicourt, 1918 France

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