FOWLIE, George
| Service Numbers: | 4569, 4539 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1916, 11th light horse |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brechin, near Montrose, Scotland, 11 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, France, 25 February 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Baverstock (St. Edith) Churchyard Baverstock (St Edith) Churchyard, Baverstock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queanbeyan Presbyterian Parish Queanbeyan-Canberra Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4569, 30th Infantry Battalion, 11th light horse | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4539, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4539, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 25th February…… George Pirie Fowlie was born in Brechin, near Montrose, Scotland on 11th March, 1895.
His mother died in 1898 & his father remarried between 1898 & 1901.
Mina Fowlie, sister of George Fowlie died on 3rd August, 1907 at Old Montrose, Scotland – aged 17.
The family moved to Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia.
George Fowlie enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 4th November, 1916 as a 21 year old, single, Blacksmith from Monaro Street, Queanbeyan, NSW.
Private George Fowlie, Service number 4539, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Beltana (A72) on 25th November, 1916 with the 8th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 29th January, 1917.
On 13th February, 1917 Private Fowlie was sent sick to Fovant Hospital, Wiltshire from 8th Training Battalion, Hurdcott, Wiltshire.
Private George Fowlie died at 3.30 p.m. on 25th February, 1917 at Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire from Pneumonia. The Hospital Admissions form has the following information: “This pt was admitted into the Military Hospital Fovant on 13.2.17, seriously ill with Influenzal Bronchitis. Broncho-pneumonia supervened & pt died on 25.2.17 from Cardiac Failure.” (Note: “pt” meaning patient)
He was buried in the churchyard of St. Edith’s at Baverstock, Wiltshire, England where 28 other WW1 Australian Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/baverstock.html
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