Norman Kenneth MCDOWELL

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MCDOWELL, Norman Kenneth

Service Number:	8194
Enlisted:	16 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Alexander College Northcote, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXIII, Row D, Grave 6A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8194, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8194, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8194, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
18 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8194, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8194, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 8194, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8194 awm_unit: 14th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-21

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Son of Alexander and Elizabeth McDOWELL, 186 North Road, Brighton, Victoria. Native of Gordon, Victoria.

Norman McDowell died at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station following gunshot wounds to the head suffered in action the same day.He was under 18 when he enlisted and needed his parent's consent, subsequently given with the proviso "That he is attached to the Army Medical Corps".His name was included on the South Preston State School's Honour Board.

His older brother 3194 Sergeant Athol Halliday McDowell 60th Battalion AIF was killed in action, 19 July 1916 at Fromelles. His remains were found and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France in 2010.

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