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Born: 11 April 1892
Died: 12 April 1970
At the time of enlistment Errol Henry Cohen changed his surname to Cowen. He served at Gallipoli as a Gunner with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. He was evacuated in late August 1915 with shell shock and an injured back. After treatment in Malta and England he returned to Egypt in March 1916. Shortly after, he joined the Australian Provost Corps, Egyptian Section. He rose through the ranks and eventually received his commission in March 1918. After his return to Australia he married Eilene Brown of Mosman, and they settled in Brisbane where his parents had moved in late 1915. [JSB]- Names recorded
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- COWEN ERROL HENRY : Service Number - V144972 : Date of birth - 11 Apr 1892 : Place of birth - CHARTERS TOWERS QLD : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - COWEN EILENE (webpage)
- WEDDINGS : COWEN--ROSS-BROWN (webpage)
- Errol Henry Cohen (enlisted as Errol Henry Cowen) (photograph)
- THE QUEENSLANDER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTYNINTH EXPEDITIARY FORCE NUMBER MAY 18, 1918 [photograph] (webpage)
- PERSONAL NOTES: Commission article [Trove] (webpage)
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- Cohen, E. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour