Victor Boynton BOWTELL

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BOWTELL, Victor Boynton

Service Number:	1216
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Great Western, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Great Western, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Great Western State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, St John's Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples,France, 2 January 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery XX N 3A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Great Western War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1216, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1216, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

DEATH AT THE FRONT.
PRIVATE VICTOR BOWTELL.
Fix this textOn Tuesday last the Rev. H. E. Noltenius, vicar of Holy Trinity Church of England, Ararat, received a telegram from the Defence Department, informing him of the death at the front of Private Victor Bowtell, of Great Western, and asking him to convey the sad news to the parents, and also the condolences of the King, Queen and Commonwealth. The reverend gentleman carried out his sad duties. The message received was to the effect that the deceased young soldier died from a gunshot wound in the hip in St. John's Hospital, Etaples. The late Private Bowtell had resided at the wine village practically all his life, and was esteemed by a large circle of friends. He is a son of Mrs Dunmore, of Great Western, his father being dead.

The Ararat Advertiser Thurs 11 January 1917 page 2

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