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Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (1918 - 1945)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (1918 - 1945)	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955)	Frank COWLEY (1849 - )	William COWLEY
			Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (1853 - 1894)	William Thomas PHILLIPS
				Mary Ann LYONS
		Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)	Samuel SOPER (1862 - 1926)	Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)
				Grace HEMMANT (1829 - 1905)
			Margaret Ann GUNN ( - 1930)	Hugh GUNN
				Catherine KEENAGHAN

b. 01 Jan 1918 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia

d. 17 May 1945 at Queensland, Australia aged 27

Near Relatives of Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (1918 - 1945)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Frank COWLEY	1849	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire
Grandmother	Kate Isobel PHILLIPS	abt 1853		1894	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	41
Grandfather	Samuel SOPER	1862	Okehampton, Devonshire	20 Jun 1926	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	64
Grandmother	Margaret Ann GUNN			08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Father	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Queensland, Australia	79
Mother	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Queensland, Australia	73
Self	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Brother	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Brother	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	79
Uncle	Jack COWLEY
Aunt	Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY	1872	Queensland, Australia	1948	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Uncle	James GURNEY
Aunt	Jeannett Isoline COWLEY	1874	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	1953	Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia	79
Aunt	Ethel M COWLEY	1878	Gundagai, NSW, Australia
Uncle	William Campbell POTTER
Aunt	Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY	1880	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1960	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	80
Uncle	William Sampson MCCOMBE	1872	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	1942	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	70
Uncle	John Peace Mornington COWLEY	1882	Albury, NSW, Australia	1913	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	31
Aunt	Olive Ivy COWLEY	1883	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1970	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Uncle	Herbert Wiliam COTTEE
Aunt	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Queensland, Australia	68
Uncle	Percy Gleyre Roquerbre DUTTON
Uncle	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	78
Aunt	Elizabeth (Lizzie) FITZGERALD	1891	Queensland, Australia	1959	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	68
Uncle	William Francis SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	08 Oct 1892	Queensland, Australia	0
Aunt	Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER	1895	Queensland, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Uncle	Walter Charles CORNISH	1891	Queensland, Australia	1974	Queensland, Australia	83
Uncle	Henry George SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	71
Aunt	Mary Isabella CARMEN
Aunt	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia
Uncle	Harry Kund LOWE
Uncle	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Myrtle Anna CORNISH	1904	Queensland, Australia
Uncle	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Ethel SIBSON
Cousin	Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE	1901	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE	1905	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1982	Victoria, Australia	77
Cousin	Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE	1906	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1957	Victoria, Australia	51
Cousin	Alan George MCCOMBE	1908	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1974	Fremantle, WA, Australia	66
Cousin	Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE	1913	Victoria, Australia	1915	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	2
Cousin	Lois Allison MCCOMBE	1917	Victoria, Australia	1967	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	50
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Cousin	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister in Law	Florence Irene CHAPMAN	1908	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Jean Lindsay STRIKE	1912	Queensland, Australia	1969	Queensland, Australia	57

Events in Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (1918 - 1945)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
01 Jan 1918		Mervyn Cecil COWLEY was born	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Military records	61
18 Sep 1941	23	Military Service	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	61
1943	25	Residence	Mt Charlton, Mirani, Mackay, Queensland	Note 2	37
17 May 1945	27	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY died	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60

Note 1: Service Record Name COWLEY, MERVYN CECIL Service Australian Army Service Number QX18815 Date of Birth 1 Jan 1918 Place of Birth AYR, QLD Date of Enlistment 18 Sep 1941 Locality on Enlistment MOUNT OSSA, QLD Place of Enlistment MACKAY, QLD Next of Kin COWLEY, ARTHUR Date of Death 17 May 1945 Rank Private Posting on Death Australian Base Postal Unit WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War Yes Roll of Honour Unknown

Note 2: COWLEY Mervyn Cecil - school teacher

Note 3: Reg No 1946/003769 - page 467 - Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriett Grace Soper Qld bmd - 1946 S3769 Mervyn Cecil Cowley Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriett Grace Soper (S - WW2 death) Daily Mercury (Mackay) 6 Nov 1945 PTE. M. C. COWLEY Advice has been received of the death on May 17 last in a prisoner of war camp at Sandakan, Borneo, of Pte. Mervyn Cecil Cowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cowley, of Lloyd-street, Private Cowley, who was with an AIF postal unit, was in Singapore only 10 or 12 days before the capitulation, and thus spent most of his service as a prisoner of war. Prior to joining the AIF in 1941, he was head teacher at the Mount Charlton State school. He was 28 years of age. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Mr. A. S. Cowley, of Mackay, and Mr. P. F. Cowley, of Home Hill.

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

- Reference = (Residence)

- Notes: COWLEY Mervyn Cecil - school teacher

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Reg No 1946/003769 - page 467 - Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily HArriett Grace Soper

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Daily Mercury (Mackay) 6 Nov 1945 PTE. M. C. COWLEY Advice has been received of the death on May 17 last in a prisoner of war camp at Sandakan, Borneo, of Pte. Mervyn Cecil Cowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cowley, of Lloyd-street, Private Cowley, who was with an AIF postal unit, was in Singapore only 10 or 12 days before the capitulation, and thus spent most of his service as a prisoner of war. Prior to joining the AIF in 1941, he was head teacher at the Mount Charlton State school. He was 28 years of age. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Mr. A. S. Cowley, of Mackay, and Mr. P. F. Cowley, of Home Hill.

61. Type: Web Page, Abbr: WW2 Australian nominal roll, Title: WW2 Australian nominal roll

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Service Record Name COWLEY, MERVYN CECIL Service Australian Army Service Number QX18815 Date of Birth 1 Jan 1918 Place of Birth AYR, QLD Date of Enlistment 18 Sep 1941 Locality on Enlistment MOUNT OSSA, QLD Place of Enlistment MACKAY, QLD Next of Kin COWLEY, ARTHUR Date of Death 17 May 1945 Rank Private Posting on Death Australian Base Postal Unit WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War Yes Roll of Honour Unknown

- Reference = (Military Service)

- Notes: Service Record Name COWLEY, MERVYN CECIL Service Australian Army Service Number QX18815 Date of Birth 1 Jan 1918 Place of Birth AYR, QLD Date of Enlistment 18 Sep 1941 Locality on Enlistment MOUNT OSSA, QLD Place of Enlistment MACKAY, QLD Next of Kin COWLEY, ARTHUR Date of Death 17 May 1945 Rank Private Posting on Death Australian Base Postal Unit WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War Yes Roll of Honour Unknown

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