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TOWLER, Herbert Henry

Service Number:	472
Enlisted:	1 July 1916, Enlisted in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Pentland, Queensland, Australia, 27 May 1889
Home Town:	Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Westhof Farm Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot II. Row B. Grave 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pentland & District Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

1 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 472, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.
26 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 472, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 472, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John and Elizabeth TOWLER, of Pentland, Queensland.