James Richard COWLING

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Service Numbers:	4042, 4042A
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Marist Brothers' College, Bendigo, Victoria
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Mont de Merris, France, 4 June 1918
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 23
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Bendigo Myers Employees Roll of Honor

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4042, 4th Field Ambulance, Keswick, SA
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 4042, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 4042, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
15 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4042, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion, France. Allotted new SN 4042A.
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4042A, 11th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre
3 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4042A, 11th Infantry Battalion, SW to abdomen sustained at Mont de Merris, France. Evacuated to 15th CCS however died of wounds the next day 4 June 1918.
4 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 4042A, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4042A awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-04

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Commemorated on Marist Brothers' College Roll of Honour, RSL Museum, Bendigo, Victoria.

Parents: Henry and Catherine COWLING, 64 Dover Street, Newmarket, Victoria. Native of Bendigo, Victoria