Alexander Robert FOWLER

FOWLER, Alexander Robert

Service Number: VX32914
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
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World War 1 Service

25 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, VX32914, Royal Park, Victoria

World War 2 Service

25 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX32914, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1941: Involvement Private, VX32914, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa

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Biography 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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