VOWLES, Thomas
| Service Number: | 310 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 22 June 1885 |
| Home Town: | West End, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | War service related, Rosemount Repatriation Hospital, Windsor, Queensland, 16 November 1921, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot 10, Row 51, Grave No. 28/29 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 310, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 310, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 310, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 310, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW (left side chest). Reported as killed in action | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Confirmed Prisoner of War by German List via Red Cross Society, dated 23 August 1916 and being held at Douai and later Langensalza | |
| 30 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 31st Infantry Battalion, Repatriated to England from POW Reception Camp at Ripon, Germany | |
| 21 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 310, 31st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The information detailed on page 25-30 of 310 Private Thomas Vowles' Attestation Paper and Service Record confirms that his death on the 16 November 1921 at the Rosemount Repatriation Hospital, Windsor, Queensland was contributed and proven to be from his war-time injuries that he received.
Private Vowles wife, Jane Isabel Vowles, received the Memorial Scroll and Death Plaque in March 1923. Due to the untimely death of Private Thomas Vowles in the early post-war period of The First World War; to date in July 2017, his death has not yet been recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, nor placed on the Roll of Honour of the Australian War Memorial.
I am currently in contact with both, and I hope shortly that Pte. Thomas Vowles will receive the honour and recognition that he deserves for the service he displayed and the period of 2½ that he lost as a Prisoner of War.
'Personal Notes.
Mrs. J. I. Vowles, Mitchell street, West End, has received word that her husband, Pte. Thomas Vowles, 31st Battalion, has arrived in England after having been a prisoner of war in Germany for two and a half years.' from The Telegraph 6 Jan 1919 (nla.gov.au)
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