MARLOW, Michael
| Service Number: | 2103 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Andrews, Dumfries, Scotland, January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Diabetes Mellitus, Dumfries, Scotland, 22 July 1920 |
| Cemetery: |
Dumfries (St. Andrew's) Roman Catholic Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2103, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2103, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2103, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2103, 35th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW jaw - severe “Fract. Mandible.” | |
| 14 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2103, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, due to wounding |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 22nd July…… Michael John Marlow was born in the parish of St. Andrews, Dumfries, Scotland in early 1889. He came to Australia “possibly” in 1911.
Michael Marlow enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 14th April, 1916 as a 27 year old Labourer. He embarked from Sydney on 24th August, 1916 with 35th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 11th October, 1916 where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
Private Marlow was written up for “Failing to salute an Officer” on 4th November, 1916 at Larkhill, Wiltshire. He was awarded 2 days C.B. (Confined to Barracks) on 8th November, 1916.
Private Michael Marlow was marched out to 35th Battalion in England on 26th October, 1916 from 9th Training Battalion, Codford, Wiltshire. He proceeded overseas to France on 21st November, 1916.
Private Marlow was admitted to Field Ambulance on 10th March, 1917 with Bursitis elbows. He was transferred to Casualty Clearing Station then on the 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux on 14th March, 1917. Private Marlow was discharged on 16th March, 1917 to Base Details & rejoined his Unit on 4th April, 1917.
Private Marlow was written up for being “Absent from billets after 9 pm” on 8th August, 1917 & on 9th August, 1917 - “Absent without leave from noon to 2 pm. He was awarded 14 days F.P. No. 2 (Field Punishment) on 10th August, 1917.
Private Marlow was on Leave to UK from 15 – 29th February, 1918.
Private Marlow was attached for duty to 3rd Machine Gun Battalion on 15th March, 1918. He was admitted to Field Ambulance on 12th April, 1918 with a fever then transferred & admitted to 9th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 13th April, 1918. From there he was transferred to Convalescent Depot with Myalgia on 23rd April, 1918 & rejoined his Unit on 24th May, 1918.
Private Michael Marlow was wounded in action on 22nd August, 1918. He was admitted to Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to face then transferred through the Casualty Clearing Station then on to 11th Stationary Hospital in France.
Private Marlow was invalided to England on Hospital Ship & admitted to 1st Southern Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on 27th August, 1918 with gunshot wounds to jaw - severe. The Hospital Admissions form has “Fract. Mandible.” He was discharged on 23rd September, 1918 & transferred to The Queen’s Hospital, Sidcup, South East London on the same day.
[The Queen's Hospital was opened in 1917 in the grounds of Frognal House. It comprised a group of prefabricated buildings, and initially provided pioneering plastic surgery to First World War soldiers with facial injuries, under the auspices of Sir Harold Gillies, until 1925.]
Private Marlow was Absent Without Leave from 7pm – 10.30 pm on 24th September, 1918 & forfeited 1 days’ pay as punishment.
Private Marlow was transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, Kent on 20th October, 1918. He was discharged on 13th December, 1918 to Hospital Ship Karoola for return to Australia.
Private Michael Marlow was discharged from Australian Imperial Force on 14th April, 1919 in Australia.
A “Mr M. Marlow”, Labourer, aged 31, was a passenger on the Orontes which departed from Sydney bound for London & arrived on 2nd February, 1920.
Michael Marlow died on 22nd July, 1920 at Dumfries, Scotland.
Details from Death Certificate:
Michael John Marlow, Car Finisher, Pte 36th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (single), died at 4.45 am on 22nd July, 1920 at 2 Welldale Terrace, Maxwelltown, aged 31 years from Diabetes Mellitus. His parents were William McCauley Marlow & Catherine Marlow (N.S. Callachan). His father, William McCauley Marlow was present at the death.
Michael Marlow was buried in St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Dumfries, Scotland and is included on the family’s private headstone. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission still acknowledges his death. However, he is not included in the Roll of Honour, located at the Australian War Memorial as he died after being discharged from the Australian Imperial Force.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/dumfries.html
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