FOWLER, Alexander Robert
| Service Number: | VX32914 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 June 1940, Royal Park, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 2 February 1909 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brunswick Technical School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 1 May 1941, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX32914, Royal Park, Victoria |
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World War 2 Service
| 25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX32914, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1941: | Involvement Private, VX32914, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION
PTE ALEX. R. FOWLER, 30, of Brunswick, former staff photographer of The Weekly Times, who was previously reported missing from an A.I.F. unit, is now believed to have been killed in action. When news was last received from him he was fighting in the Western Desert. He was married and had one daughter. He was well known in country districts where he took photographs for The Weekly Times. He began as a messenger boy on The Herald. He was educated at Brunswick Technical School, and was a champion swimmer. He enlisted in the AIF last August, and sailed in November. A brother is serving wiih the R.A.A.F., and another is with the R.A.F." - from the Melbourne Weekly Times 12 Jul 1941 (nla.gov.au)
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