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Pte, Alexander Cowan
Australian Imperial Force 12th Battalion
from:Perth, Western Australia
My great grandfather, Alex Cowan, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces in 1916. His journey to Larkhill, England took a full 2 months where he spent 1 month before being shipped to France, departing from Southampton. He was wounded in action after severe injuries to his toe and was shipped back to England where he spent a full month hospitalised at Kitchener before being shipped home to Australia.
He was originally from Troon in Scotland and was merely 25 years old when he enlisted in the AIF. He was safely returned to his wife, Sarah and his daughter, Lottie (Charlotte) my grandmother in 1918. He eventually passed away at the age of 50 in 1941.

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