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Lance Corporal SAMUEL CRICHTON McGOWAN

Service Number: 1336
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

5th

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Benson McGowan and Elizabeth Jane McGowan, of Warwick, Queensland. Native of Gembrook, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER AND SHE WAS A WIDOW
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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