William Edward VOWLES

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Service Number:	1783
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Enlisted at Beaufort, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterloo, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1897
Home Town:	Trawalla, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1974, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Victoria Lawn AG, Row 808, Grave 27. Buried as William Edwin Vowles.
Memorials:

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1783, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Beaufort, Victoria
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1783, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1783, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalion
27 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1783, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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Son of Richard James Vowles and Clara Edith Vowles nee Hill of Langi Kal Kal Station, Trawalla, Victoria formerly of Waterloo, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 24 September 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c William married Mary Winifred Bourke in Victoria

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