MOWBRAY, Arthur Charles
| Service Number: | 3063 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, England, United Kingdom, 31 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Aus Plot 15407 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3063, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3063, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3063, 7th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
CWGC and Army data
Private, 3063 Arthur Charles MOWBRAY. 59th Australian Infantry, A.I.F. died 31st July 1917 aged 23. Son of Fred Mowbray, of 117 Pickle Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australian. Wounded in France on the 19th July 1917, gunshot wounds at back. Treated at 15th Field Ambulance, then a casualty treatment station from there to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne on the 21st July. Invalided from hospital on Hospital Ship, St David to War Hospital, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent on the 28th July, admitted on the 29th, died of wounds on the 31st July 1916. At rest in Hartshill Cemetery, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
Submitted 19 August 2016 by Alfred Beard
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 31st July…… Arthur Charles Mowbray was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria in 1893.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th July, 1915 as a 22 year old, single, Driver from 117 Pickle Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria.
On 12th September, 1915 Private Mowbray was written up at Broadmeadows Camp for “Talking in ranks on Parade.” He was fined 5/-. He was written up on 19th September, 1915 for A.W.L. (Absent without Leave). He was fined & forfeited 1 days’ pay.
Private Arthur Charles Mowbray, Service number 3063, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on RMS Osterley on 29th September, 1915 with the 7th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements.
He was taken on strength of 7th Battalion at Tel el Kebir on 7th January, 1916.
On 24th February, 1916 Private Mowbray was transferred from 7th Battalion at Serapeum to 59th Battalion. He was taken on strength of 59th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 24th February, 1916.
Private Mowbray embarked from Alexandria on 18th June, 1916 on Kinfauns Castle to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 29th June, 1916.
He was wounded in action in France on 19th July, 1916 at Battle of Fromelles. He was admitted to 15th Field Ambulance on 20th July, 1916 with G.S.W. (gunshot wounds) to arm & back then transferred to Casualty Clearing Station. Private Mowbray was admitted to 13th General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 21st July, 1916 with multiple G.S.W. He embarked for England on 28th July, 1916 on Hospital Ship St. David with G.S.W. to Back & Leg.
From the War Diary of 59th Battalion:
Casualties sustained in action of 19th/20th July, 1916.
Officers Other Ranks Killed 0 13 Wounded 13 381 Missing 5 269 Died of Wounds 2 11 Totals 20 674
On 29th July, 1916 Private Mowbray was admitted to Stoke on Trent War Hospital, Newcastle, Staffordshire, England with G.S.W. to right Arm, back & leg.
Private Arthur Charles Mowbray died at 2.15 am on 31st July, 1916 at Stoke on Trent War Hospital, Newcastle, Staffordshire, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W. Back, Right Arm & Leg & Gas Gangrene. (Some forms have the hospital listed as “Newcastle War Hospital”).
He was buried in Hartshill Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England where 7 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hartshill.html
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