Arthur Ernest DOWER

DOWER, Arthur Ernest

    Service Number: 1825
    Enlisted: 4 March 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Long Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Long Gully State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Tailor
    Died: Died of wounds, Tincourt, France, 3 October 1918
    Cemetery: Tincourt New British Cemetery
    Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 33,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Long Gully Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Long Gully Uniting Church Private Arthur Ernest Dower Memorial Tablet
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1825, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 1825, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 1825, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1825, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    12 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1825, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
    29 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1825, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW to shoulder sustained at St Quentin Canal. Evacuated to 50th CCS at Tincourt, however died there of his wounds 3 October 1918.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    A tailor from Long Gully, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Dower embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916. Later wounded at Mont St Quentin (correction St Quentin Canal), he succumbed to his wounds on 3 October 1918, aged 25, and was buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery, France.

    Source: AWM

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