Charles MOWBRAY MID

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MOWBRAY, Charles

Service Number:	350
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Dumfries, Scotland, 31 May 1882
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Rockhampton, Queensland, 1 December 1965, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	North Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld Plot: Pres. Sect. 13, Row 6, Grave No. 20
Memorials:	Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 350, Mount Morgan, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 350, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 350, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 350, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 350, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW (left shoulder)
27 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
4 Aug 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Battle of Romani
5 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
6 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
26 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 350, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'MOUNT MORGAN.

(From Our Local Correspondent.)
Warrant Officer E. W. Crain and Sergeant W. [C.] Mowbray, of the Second Light Horse, two of the original Anzacs, returned to Mount Morgan on Saturday night. They were met at the railway station by the Mayor (Alderman M. Enright) and a number of relations and friends. The Pipers' Band was also in attendance.' from Morning Bulletin 7 Jan 1919 (nla.gov.au)

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