Topic: AIF - 2B - 5 LHR
5th LHR, AIF
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Samuel Crichton McGowan
Samuel Crichton McGowan
Service number: 1336
Rank: Lance Corporal [L Cpl]
Unit: 5th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: McGOWAN, Lce. Cpl. Samuel Crichton, 1336. 5th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 7th Aug., 1916. Age 24. Son of Samuel Benson McGowan and Elizabeth Jane McGowan, of Warwick, Queensland. Native of Gembrook, Victoria, Australia. B. 2.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Samuel Crichton McGowan from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1336 |
| Place of birth | Tembrook, Victoria |
| School | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Station hand |
| Address | Emo Yoroke, Warwick, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 23 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Jane McGowan, Emo Yoroke, Warwick, Queensland |
| Enlistment date | 9 June 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 5th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/10/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915 |
| Fate | Died of wounds 7 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death | 24 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 2), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Samuel Benson and Elizabeth Jane MCGOWAN, Warwick. Native of Gembrook, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | PTE, J Liehy, CO, and PTE, NM Liehy, CO, both died in France |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 5th LHR, Roll of Honour, Samuel Crichton McGowan
