Charles Frederick COWDEN MID

COWDEN, Charles Frederick

Service Number: WX33
Enlisted: 31 October 1939
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 19 May 1913
Home Town: Wembley, Cambridge, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

31 Oct 1939: Enlisted Lieutenant, WX33
31 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX33
29 Oct 1945: Discharged Major, British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit
29 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX33

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

He  started out as a lieutenant in Signals, and served in the Middle East, Greece, Back in Australia, then in New Guinea and SW Pacific , before ending up working in the British Borneo Civil Affairs unit before being delisted.  - Courtesy of Kevin Monk