John Donald GOWER

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Service Number:	2838
Enlisted:	10 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 27 January 1897
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	Latrobe State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Grave VIII. A. 159., Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2838, 12th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2838, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2838, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2838, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2838 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-29

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His brother, Driver William Harold Gower, aged 23 also fell.

They were sons of James Henry and Sarah Ann Gower, of Latrobe, Tasmania

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