Arthur George VOWLES

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VOWLES, Arthur George

Service Number:	V240042
Enlisted:	2 June 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Beaufort, Victoria, Australia , 11 May 1920
Home Town:	Beaufort, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 2000, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beaufort Public Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

2 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V240042
27 Dec 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240042, 30th Infantry Brigade, embarked Sydney for Port Moresby
13 Nov 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
20 Mar 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240042, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Port Moresby for Townsville per HS Katoomba
30 Jun 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240042, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Townsville for Thursday Island per Tarooma
1 Aug 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V240042, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Thursday Island for Townsville per Tarooma
20 Sep 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
6 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Brisbane for Bougainville per Sea Snipe
13 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V240042, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked New Guinea for Brisbane
30 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V240042

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Corporal Arthur George Vowles (Service No:V240042) enlisted in the Army on 2 June 1941 as a Private attached to 8th Battalion, and on 27 December 1941 Private Vowles was attached to 30 Infantry Brigade when he embarked from Sydney for Port Moresby. Transferred to 55/53 Infantry Battalion in 1942, Private Vowles embarked from Port Moresby for Townsville on 20 March 1943 on board HS Katoomba. Private Vowles served on Thusday Island (30 June 1944 - 1 August 1944) and was a Corporal when he embarked from Brisbane for Bougainville on 6 December 1944 on board the Sea Snipe. Corporal Vowles served in Bougainville, Torokina and Rabaul until 13 January 1946 and was attached to 55/53 Battalion at Discharge on 30 January 1946.

Arthur was born in Ballan, Victoria in 1920, eldest child of Albert Thomas Vowles (b1895 in Waterloo, Victoria) and Isabella Cousins (b1893 in Shelbourne, Victoria). Albert (a Farmer) and Isabella married in 1919 in Maryborough, Victoria - Albert had served in WWI (Private; Service No:1782). Albert and Isabella settled in Beaufort wnere they raised their family and Albert worked as a Farmer, Labourer and Linesman.

Arthur worked as a Station Hand and Boundary Rider at Stoneleigh Estate via Beaufort prior to enlisting in the Army, and in 1943 in Beaufort married Susannah (Nell) Ellen McGregor (b1920 in Beaufort, Victoria). Following his service in WWII, Arthur and Nell settled in Beaufort where they raised their family and Arthur worked as a Linesman and Labourer. Nell died in 1999 and Arthur in 2000.

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