William Henry VOWLES

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Service Numbers:	3372, 58354
Enlisted:	14 October 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD then deserted
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements
Born:	Normanton, Queensland, Australia, 9 October 1894
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 21 September 1964, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rockhampton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

14 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3372, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD then deserted
14 Aug 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58354, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
14 Oct 1918:	Involvement Private, 58354, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Wyreema embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Oct 1918:	Embarked Private, 58354, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, SS Wyreema, Sydney
6 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 58354, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Enlisted and served under alias JOHNSON, William Richard

Son of William Henry Vowles and Catherine Mary Vowles nee Slade of Kirkellen Street, North Rockhampton, QLD.

Brother of Lester Norman Vowles who returned to Australia on 10 August 1919 having served with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion.

Returned to Australia on 21 December 1918 after troopship HT Wyreema was recalled.

Medal: British War Medal

On 8 October 1919 William married Hilda Catherine May