MCGOWAN, William Norman
| Service Number: | 1612 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Malvern, South Australia, 17 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 2 September 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrtle Bank War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Museum Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1612, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1612, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1612, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Battle for Pozières |
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Embarkation Roll (static.awm.gov.au) shows name as William Thomas McGowan - Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) shows name to be William Norman McGowan - while Birth Records (search.ancestry.com.au) show name to be William Norman West McGowan.
"LATE PTE. W. N. McGOWAN.
Mr. and Mrs. W. McGowan, of Unley road, Unley, have received advice that their second son, Pte. W. Norman Mc Gowan, was killed in action in France on September 2. He was 29 years of age, and was born at Malvern. He enlisted in December, 1914 and left for the front in the following February. He served on Gallipoli for six or seven months. Pte. Mc Gowan was of a kindly disposition, and was loved by all who knew him." - from the Adelaide Register 14 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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