1886 Jun 15. Born Son of Daniel Cowan, shipbroker , and Annie Cowan
1901 census at 16 Radnor St, Glasgow
Daniel | Cowan | Head | Married | Male | 60 | 1841 | Ship Broker | Kilninian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Annie | Cowan | Wife | Married | Female | 51 | 1850 | Ship Broker Wife | Argyllshire, Scotland |
James | Cowan | Son | Single | Male | 24 | 1877 | Clerk | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Gavie | Cowan | Son | Single | Male | 19 | 1882 | Marine Engineer App | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Grace | Cowan | Daughter | Single | Female | 16 | 1885 | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Hugh | Cowan | Son | Single | Male | 14 | 1887 | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Mary | Cowan | Daughter | Single | Female | 12 | 1889 | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Minnie | Main | Servant | Single | Female | 24 | 1877 | General Servant | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Served 5 years in Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles as Trooper
1915 Feb 6, Enlists Address is £9 Huron Rd, Balham .He was a Tea & Rubber planter on enlisting. His brother was James Hepburn Cowan of 5 Oswald St, Glasgow
1915 Jun 15 Landed in France
1917 May 30 HLI. The undermentioned cadets to be temp. 2nd Lts. (attd.). Hugh Cowan
1919 Nov 1. Medical diagnoses him Alcoholic
1919 Nov 6. Demobilised. His address is Ardmaddy, Carror Rd, Newlands, Glasgow
1921 Mar 8 Joined ADRIC with service no 1810. Posted to C Coy
1921 Apr 2. Posted to P Coy
1921 Apr 9 Dismissed the force by Asst Commandant - likely to be alcohol. given his earlier problems
1921 Apr/Jun married • Ormskirk, Lancashire to Jessie Elizabeth Bond (1890–1975)
1922 Jan 4. Highland Light Infantry. Relinquishes his commission and retains the rank of Lt, H. Cowan.
1924 Sep 4 Leaves UK for Australia, intending to settle there
1940 Sep 16 Enlisted in Australian Army
1944 Aug 12. Died Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne (Aus. 437)