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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		COWELL
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Francis Gilbert
Regimental Number
Rank		Sergeant Major
Unit Name		8th New Zealand Contingent
State
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Source:# 29 10th NZ detail but joined 8th, lived in Tasmania. Source:# 477 WW1 AIF 8LH killed in action 'The Nek' Gallipoli 1915. Roe: COWELL FG 2TIB died in South Africa in 1901, not on 1AIF roll (possible confusion with COWELL Henry Lennox). Source:# 1578 COWELL, Francis Gilbert and COWELL, Henry Lennox were brothers. A third brother, Sydney Lewis COWELL was killed in action at Gallipoli, 15.8.1915, just eight days after Henry.
Source References		Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 29 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 477 B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1578
External Link URL1		www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/crimea_boer_veterans.htm
External Link URL2		www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/saw-database
External Link URL3		www.utas.edu.au/library/info/collec/arch/Roy.ascii

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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