MCDOWELL, Athol Halliday
| Service Number: | 3194 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Preston, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gordon State School & Alexandra College, Northcote, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot III. Row B. Grave 4. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3194, Depot Battalion | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3194, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3194, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked : Melbourne on HMAT Commonwealth A73 | |
| 8 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 3194, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ballarat & District in the Great War
Wonderful news from Fromelles - the remains of Sgt Athol Halliday McDowell, 3194 60th Battalion, who was killed in action 19 July 1916, have been formally identified. Athol grew up in Gordon, where his father was the local police constable. He was educated at the Gordon State School, and also spent time in Ballarat. His youngest brother, Norman Kenneth, who was a stretcher-bearer with the 14th Field Ambulance, died of wounds on 21 September 1917.
Continued thanks to Lambis Englezos, whose belief in the project and dogged determination brought so many of these boys home.
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