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John Browdale Cowan

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John's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Birtley
  • Service no: 70406
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 50th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 27.05.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Soissons Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Smith

  • Father:

    Adopted son of William Smith 125B St. East, Perkinsville, Pelton, Co Durham

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Browdale Cowan

For reasons unknown John is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

information supplied by Gary Thomson

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