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Personal data

• Name COWELL
• Initials FA
• First name FRANCIS ALEXANDER
• Place of birth Table Cape
• Country Tasmania, Australia
• Last residence Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Family Son of John and Dinah Cowell, of Wynyard, Tasmania.
• Profession labourer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 29 March 1916, Seymour, Victoria
• Service number 4999
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 22nd Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 6th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 3 July 1916, Melbourne
  Proceeded overseas to France 4 December 1916

Death

• Wounded 22/23 September
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds back and left buttock; N°10 CCS
• Date of death 23 September 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - A - 2

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