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FOWELL, James
| Service Number: | 2149 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ashbourne, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chauffeur |
| Died: | Lower Mitcham, South Australia, Australia, 13 June 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 9S, Site No: 19 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2149, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2149, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 5 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 11th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 11th Infantry Battalion, Medically discharged due to asthma |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Unspecified British Units, Served in Notts Derby Regiment |
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Before the war:
Before the war, James Fowell was a Chauffeur. He was born in Ashbourne, England. According to his service record he had previously served with the Notts Derby Regiment (also known as the Sherwood Foresters) in the Boer War. When he enlisted for World War I he was living in Adelaide. Shortly after the war he gave his address as Mitcham. He was married, with a wife named Margaret Irena Alexandrina Fowell. He was 5ft 4 in, 166lbs, he had grey coloured eyes and brown hair. He also had two tattoos one on each forearm.
During the war:
Fowell enlisted in the 10th Battalion. His service number during the war was 2149. He joined the AIF on the 5th of March 1915. He was a private during the war. He embarked from Adelaide Australia on the 23rd of June 1915 and he was 31 years old at the time. He arrived on Gallipoli on 4th August and was attached there to the 11th Battalion. He served on the peninsula for just five days, but during that time fought in the battle at Lone Pine. On 9th August he was shipped to Malta with what was later diagnosed as asthma. In early 1916 he returned to Australia and was discharged from service on 14th September 1916.
After the war:
Few details of Powell's postwar life are known. He went on to live the rest of his life with his wife. He later died on the 13th of June 1941 by age. He was buried in Adelaide at West Terrace Cemetery.
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