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Military service
Service number:
823264
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
June 25, 1882
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 18.
Additional information
Son of Isaac and Isabel Cowan.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Cowan
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 645 of 900. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Cowan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Cowan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Cowan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Cowan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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