Private Richard Oliver Cowan
Individual attestation record images are not available for this person.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cowan,
Richard Oliver
Place of birth: Trent River Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Victoria Cowan Trent River Ontario, Canada Mother
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Trent River Ontario, Canada
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Zivy Crater, Thelus, 2
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 195539
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
121667
Service file: B2068-S034
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Joseph and Victoria Cowan, of Mill St., Campbellford, Ontario. Born at Trent Bridge, Ontario. Panel 2. Col.
No images on LAC
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Western Ontario Regiment 18th Battalion ee ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2016-07-22