BOWERS, Albert John Llewellyn
| Service Number: | 4264 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1916, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 23 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Richmond Hill State School |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Died of Illness (influenza), Joinville-le-Pont, France, 18 February 1919, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Joinville-le-Pont Communal Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4264, Charters Towers, Queensland | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4264, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4264, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Albert John Llewellyn Bowers enlisted at Charters Towers shortly after his youngest (15 y.o.) brother 4265 Pte. Robert Bowers (/explore/people/336672) had enlisted in Brisbane. The two brothers embarked together, their middle brother 4158 Pte. Charles Victor Bowers (/explore/people/225277) had already enlisted a month earlier.
All three sons of Frederick Bowers and Sarah Lemand (nee McFadden) Bowers served in the 31st Infantry Battalion (www.awm.gov.au), only Albert failed to return dying of influenza in France on 18 Feb 1919.
"...4264 Private Albert John Llewellyn Bowers, 11th Reinforcements, 31st Infantry Battalion. A bootmaker from Charters Towers, Queensland, Pte Albert Bowers enlisted on 13 July 1916 serving in the same battalion as his brothers, 4158 Pte Charles Victor Bowers and 4265 Pte Robert Bowers. Pte Albert Bowers died of influenza in France on 18 February 1919 aged 22 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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