McHUGH Edward Henry. Private, 1500, C Coy., 1/7th, Manchester Regiment. Died of his wounds, 28th June 1915, aged 20 years. He was the son of John and Mary McHugh.
DAVIDSON Clarence. Corporal, 226, 3rd Australian Light Horse. Died of his wounds 26th June 1915, aged 22 years. He was the son of Richard and Sarah Ann Davidson, of Wandearah, South Australia.
COWIE James. Private, 1023, F Company, 6th, Australian Infantry, died of typhoid in Malta on the 23rd June 1915 aged 25. He was the son of Alexander and Joan Hannah who in 1901 were living as a family at I Shaftesbury Lane, Glasgow, Scotland. On the 23rd May 1912 he, along with his father and siblings left London for Adelaide, Australia on passenger ship Geelong. It appears that his mother had died and no mention or record of her leaving for Australia.
Some notes from his army record. He was born In Glasgow, Scotland and attended Glasgow Technical, Scotland. He formerly served with the Highland Light Infantry. He enlisted on the 11th September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia of board Troopship A40, Ceramic on the 22nd December 1914 aged 24. He was taken ill in Gallipoli and was transferred to Malta on Hospital Ship, Neuralia and was admitted into Military Hospital, Imtarfa where he died on the 23rd June 1915. He was buried the next day at Pieta Military Cemetery by Chaplain (Captain) A Makinnon. His next of kin was his father Alexander, of Brunswick Road, Dulwich, and later at Cedar Avenue, Croydon Park, both in South Australia. His father wrote to the Regimental Record Office enquiring about the inscription on his late son\'s headstone in 1924. A reply was sent to him on the 24th June 1924 informing that that his regimental particulars and date of death was engraved free. Additional personal inscription limited to 66 letters including spaces between words were charges at the rate of 3 and 1/2d per letter, payable to the Imperial War Graves Commission, now called the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot XXV Grave 06
