From notes on ‘The family tree of Daryl Raymond Cowen and Wendy Narelle Peacock (nee Cowen)’

Allan Basil Cowen, the only son of William John Cowen’s second marriage, was born at Balaclava, Melbourne on 18th August 1902, and married Elsie Grace Madeley at the Manse of the St. Kilda Congregational Church on 28th March 1922.

They had four children. Occupations pursued by Allan Basil Cowen during his lifetime included Farrier, Tram Conductor, Greengrocer, Mixed Business Proprietor, General Carter, Fuel Merchant and Taxi Owner/Driver. At one time he was the Scout Master of the 1st Windsor Scouts.

He served in the 2nd A.I.F. in the Second World War in a transport unit and saw service in Darwin. His wife Elsie died on 18th July 1959 and is buried in Grave No.63 Row 329 in the Church of England section of the New Cheltenham Cemetery. Allan Basil Cowen subsequently married a widow named Hazel Frances Brand.

He died on 30th March 1973 and is buried in the Lawn section of the New Cheltenham Cemetery. (Grave 29, Row X, Section D – north east corner area)

As at December, 1992, Hazel Cowen is living at 1 Excelsior Street, Frankston North.