Service Details
Name:
 COWAN
Given Name:
 PENTON ALEXANDER
Initials:
 P A
Service No:
 4512
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-13
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, after the action of Bernafay and Trones Woods, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.
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
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
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Grave Reference:
 I. C. 3.

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