Francis William (Frank) BOWLY

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Service Number:	3168
Enlisted:	25 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Aramac, Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1886
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Quirindi Superior Public School and Maitland High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 July 1959, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 10, Section 21
Memorials:	Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour

25 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 15th Light Horse Regiment
3 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3168, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
3 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3168, 5th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Karmala, Sydney
4 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HT Port Sydney, Kantara for return to Australia - disembarking at Lytton Quarantine Camp, Queensland on 17 April 1919 for seven days influenza quarantine before transfer to Brisbane on 24 April 1919.
24 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 5th Light Horse Regiment

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Son of Charles William BOWLY and Alice BOWLY nee KING, Waramea, Quirindi, NSW

Prior to the war he was a woolclasser and shearing contractor with Edkins & Co., Malboona, Winton Qld.

He took up Kalkadoon (originally a part of Elderslie Station) in 1914.

Upon discharge from the Army he and his brother Eustace formed Bowly Bros. and in 1920 they purchased Donald Downs and settled there.

In 1920 he married Olga nee SUTCLIFFE from Qurinidi, NSW.

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