Cowper, Norman Lethbridge
Person: id 5025
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University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Cowper
Given name(s)
Norman Lethbridge
Initials
N.L.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Tertiary education
Start date
1919
Combined start dates
19151919
Education notes
Awarded Salting Scholarship 1915
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Professional Association Memberships
Other events
Cowper N.L. : Life.Birth 15 Sep 1896 - @ Roseville [ NSW Australia ]Cowper N.L. : Military and health.Enlisted 17 Jun 1918Cowper N.L. : Relationships.Married 17 Jun 1925 - @ St Mark's Church : Darling Point [ NSW Australia ]Cowper N.L. : Specific terms.Stood unsuccessfully for parliament 1931 - @ North Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Cowper N.L. : Specific terms.Stood unsuccessfully for parliament 1940 - @ Woollhara district [ NSW Australia ]Cowper N.L. : Specific terms.Member of Council of Australian National University 1955 - 1974 @ Australian National University : Canberra [ ACT Australia ]Cowper N.L. : Specific terms.Appointed C.B.E. 1958Cowper N.L. : Specific terms.Chairman of the Council on New Guinea Affairs 1964Cowper N.L. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B.E. 1967
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not listed in the Book of Remembrance. Letter attached explains he enlisted for the A.I.F., 17 June 1918 and was found medically unfit.
Publications
He contributed numerous papers to its summer schools in Canberra, chaired its conferences (notably on the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1958 and 1968), and wrote pamphlets, and articles and book reviews for the Australian Quarterly and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Visible notes
On 26 May 1939 Cowper was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Militia; he rose to major and carried out part-time duties. He transferred to the AIF in May 1941 and served with the Armoured Division at home. Joining the Australian Provost Corps (military police) in March 1942, he served as army provost marshal, New Guinea Force (September 1943-May 1944) and Northern Territory Force (July-November 1944). As a lieutenant colonel from 20 November he held the same position at Advanced Allied Land Forces Headquarters, Hollandia and Morotai (January-May 1945).
ADB Entry ID
12361
Department of Veteran Affairs
WWI
Yes
Basic Information needed
No
Flag BoR OCR text
Yes
BOR Archives File
No
Source Details text
SUU 08/04/1943Legal Digest (USA S109/9/1)
PrevProv
Yes