Herman Roy BOWLES

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Service Number:	7106
Enlisted:	4 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Kyneton, Victoria, 2 May 1893
Home Town:	Yarrawonga, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Yarrawonga Public School
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 4 October 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery Plot I, Row H, Grave 2 Headstone Inscription "REST WELL DEAR SON NOT IN VAIN WAS THY NOBLE SACRIFICE", Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Templeux-le-Guerard, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton War Memorial, Yarrawonga St. Cuthbert's Great War Roll of Honour, Yarrawonga State School War Memorial, Yarrawonga War Memorial

4 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7106, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7106, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7106, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
4 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7106, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7106 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-04

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Son of Stephen Thomas and Eleanor Annie BOWLES, of Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia. Born at Kyneton. Victoria.