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Henry COWELL

Regimental number70
Place of birthAppsley, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
Address108 McPherson Street, Essendon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 7"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinBrother, L H Cowell, 108 McPherson Street, Essendon, Victoria
Previous military service16 months New Zealand Bushmen, South Africa.
Enlistment date15 September 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 5), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Jessie COWELL. Native of Aspley, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 16 May 1915; reported missing, 7 August 1915; killed in action, 7 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, COWELL Henry

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