BOWES, Thomas
| Service Number: | 5051 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trentham, Victoria, Australia, August 1870 |
| Home Town: | Whitfield, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Whitfield & Districts Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5051, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5051, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5051, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5051, 57th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD, medical discharge |
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From AWM summary
Private (Pte) Thomas Bowes
Soldier 5051 Pte Thomas Bowes, was a labourer from Whitfield, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Pte Bowes embarked from Melbourne with the 16th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion, aboard HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 1 April 1916. During his service he transferred to the 57th Battalion and returned to Australia on 4 May 1917 suffering from myalgia. During the First World War the Cobram and District Soldiers Fund initiated a project to create a Cobram Honour Roll. It was to include portraits of servicemen who had links to the Cobram area. The Fund arranged for portraits to be copied by the Darge Photographic Company at its Collins Street Studio, Melbourne. Around 100 copy prints were supplied by the Darge company but it is not known if the roll was ever constructed. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative. The names are transcribed as they appear in the notebooks.
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