Thomas William George BOWERS

Badge Number: 15607, Sub Branch: State
15607

BOWERS, Thomas William George

Service Number: 991
Enlisted: 2 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kybunga, South Australia, 15 September 1887
Home Town: Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Draper
Died: Adelaide, South Australia, 11 August 1942, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: Light Oval, Road AS, Site No 23
Memorials: Balaklava Port Wakefield St Albans Church Roll of Honour, Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch, Wasleys and District Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 991, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 991, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
18 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

10 Battalion

Rank - Lt.

22 August 1915 - Wounded in Action - Hand

6 August 1916 - Wounded in action, gunshot wounds to leg and back

23 September 1916 - Promoted to WO2

28 March 1917 - Promoted to Lt.

20-21 September 1917 - Wounded in action, third occasion. Gunshot (severe) wounded to chest. Invalided out

25 November 1917 - Returned to Australia on board Karoola

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Thomas and Emily Bailey Bowers (nee Newton). On 21 September 1918 married Elma Phillipa South in the Congregational Church, Semaphore, South Australia. Father of Jack South Bowers

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