COWEN S.O.

Given Names:  Stewart Osbourn

Service Number:  1125

Unit:  Stationary Hospital 1                                                                                              

Rank:  Staff Sergeant                                                                                                      

Paybook Number:  149812

Age:  21 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Medical Student                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft   In                       

Weight:  184 Lbs

Chest:  37-41 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/10/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Dr Herbert Osbourn Cowen

85 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  5/12/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Kyarra A55

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Burma   

Embarked:  13/12/1918                             

Disembarked:  29/1/1919

Unit:  AAMC    

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  28/2/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  4507

British War Medal:  5348

Victory Medal:  5353

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/1/1893

Place:  Eaglehawk, Victoria                      

Father:  Herbert Osbourn COWEN           

Mother:  Elizabeth THORN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:             

Spouse: Francis Madge KILLICOAT

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/11/1946                        

Place: East Melbourne, Victoria                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served at Gallipoli

Sent back to medical course 14/7/1915-28/2/1916; discharged 28/3/1916

Re-enlisted 29/11/1916 as Captain, AAMC, 2nd Field Ambulance & 1st ACCS (France); embarked 16/12/1916, Adelaide, HMAS Berrima

Died of illness whilst serving as Lieutenant Colonel at 115th General Hospital

Evacuated sick September 1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

University of Melbourne

Trinity Grammar

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

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Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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