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COWDEN, Charles Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX33 |
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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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Service History
World War 2 Service
31 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Lieutenant, WX33 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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