FOWLE, Charles Carrington
| Service Number: | 212 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crown Street Public School, Sydney, New South, Wales; Sydney Technical College, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Sanitary Engineer |
| Died: | leg amputated after wounding , Greek Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 13 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row L, Grave 38 Chaplain H.T. Valentine officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 212, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Paddington, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 212, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 212, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Alfred and Catherine Clara Fowle of Kensington, NSW. Brother of Florence May Johnston nee Fowle
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served a 7 year apprenticeship with Dingwall, Market Street, Sydney, NSW
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
The late Sapper CHARLES CARRINGTON (JACK) FOWLE, writing to his father, Mr. G. A. Fowle, of Kensington, from the Greek Hospital, Alexandria, on June 16, said: "Of course, you already know that I have met my Waterloo, I happened to get in the road of a shell, which took my left foot clean, off. They trimmed up the remainder of my leg, and now my leg finishes three inches above the ankle. It was on Sunday afternoon, May 30, that it happened, and after having spent eight days on hospital ship, I was brought , to this hospital. They are treating me right royal hero. This place is run by the Greek ladies and doctors of the city, and as far as treatment and food go I want for nothing. The barber comes in every day to shave the patients. I had to undergo a second operation to stop the bleeding, but everything is O.K. now, and I have no pain and expect to be healed up in about an other week. I believe as soon as I get better I shall be sent to England." But Sapper Fowle did not get better; he has since succumbed to his wounds.
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