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David McGowan

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Jamess Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 200813
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 31.07.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 37

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 42 Dundonald Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Davina McGowan, c/o McGregor, 135 Banuga St, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Douglas, George, James, John, & Mrs John Simpson

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about David McGowan

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. His two brothers both served in the Great War, Cpl John McGregor McGowan, 164153 served with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps and was awarded the Military Medal 02.11.1917. He survived the war. His other brother Pte James McGowan 5590, 1/7th Battalion, Black Watch was killed in action 13.11.1916.

 

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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