MOWAT, Thomas William Wale
| Service Number: | 925 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1915, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 21 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Wellington Point State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 27 March 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 16. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 925, 41st Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 925, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 925, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 27 Mar 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 925, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 925 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas Mowat was the son of George Isbister Mowat and Isabella Mowatt, of Westham, Stanthorpe, Queensland. He had been born in Scotland during 1888 but had come to Australia when he was three months of age.
His father was manager of the Fitzroy Meat Preserving Company, in Rockhampton, Queensland.
His younger brother, 62 Private William Mowat, 6th Field Ambulance AIF, enlisted 1914 and was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in rescuing four wounded men over a 40-hour period in 1917. Another younger brother, Pte. Norman Marshall Patterson Mowat also served with the 1st Australian General Hospital until returned to Australia with asthma in 1917.
Thomas arrived in France with the 41st Battalion in November 1916. He was mortally wounded on 26 March 1917. He died of gunshot wounds to his spine the next day in the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station.
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