Roy Vane Thomas DOWDELL

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DOWDELL, Roy Vane Thomas

Service Number:	3732
Enlisted:	9 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rosaville, Mount Gambier, South Australia , 14 February 1895
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not known
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yahl Memorial Hall Honour Board, Yahl WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3732, 10th Infantry Battalion
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3732, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3732, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Roy Vane Thomas DOWDELL was born on 14th February, 1895 at Rosaville, Mount Gambier, South Australia

His parents were Joseph DOWDELL and Jessie Emma LILLY

Two of his brothers served in WW1

1. Henry Victor (Harry) DOWDELL (SN 3293) returned to Australia in 1919

2. Leslie Allen DOWDELL (SN 3294) returned to Australia in 1919

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