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Private JOHN KNOX COWANS

Service Number: 2034363
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

2. H. 31.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Cowans and of Ina Cowans (nee Ramsay), of Dundee; husband of Eliza Beattie Cowans, of Dundee.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND "ASLEEP"
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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