Frederick John BOWN

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Service Number:	2798
Enlisted:	7 July 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 6 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXV, Row A, Grave No. 10A. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY LOVED SON MR. AND MRS. C. BOWN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2798, 8th Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2798, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2798, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
6 Oct 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 2798, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2798 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-06

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His younger brother, 52 Private Sidney Herbert Bown, 37th Battalion AIF, had died of wounds at Messines, Belgium, 11 June 1917, aged 23.