In Memory Of
COWAN, PENTON ALEXANDER
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
4512
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, after the action of Bernafay and Trones Woods, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. C. 3.
Cemetery:
DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of John Alexander and Johanna A. Cowan, of Percy St., Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Harrismith. A fireman with South African Railways. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State
