MOWATT (MOWAT), Charles James
| Service Number: | 2722 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Maryborough, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, 30 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Williamstown, Victoria, 6 April 1960, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2722, Maryborough, Victoria | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2722, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2722, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2722, 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gary Mowat
2722 Charles James MOWATT (born MOWAT) was the twin-brother to 2739 William Alexander MOWATT (born MOWAT), both enlisted on the 19 July 1915 at Maryborough VIC and embarked Melbourne on 27 Oct 1915 aboard the H.M.A.T. "Ulysses" bound for Gallipoli but destination charged to Cairo mid-trip. They arrived at Cairo several weeks prior to the evacuation of Gallipoli.
Charles was wounded in action in France, with a gun shot wound to his left thigh (severe) on the 27 May 1918. His brother, William was also wounded in action, a month earlier in France with a severe gun shot wound to his left buttock and arm.
Both Charles and his brother William survive the war and returned to Australia.