BOWLER, Arthur Edward
| Other Name: | BOWLER, Arthur Edwin - Birth and Death Records |
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| Service Number: | 3471 |
| Enlisted: | 28 June 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scarsdale State School, Chilwell State School |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Private Hosptial, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1946, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales S-K-GE-8 |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll, Newtown Chilwell State School Roll of Honor, Smythesdale Scarsdale and District Soldiers and Scarsdale State School Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3471, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3471, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3471, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Allan and Laura BOWLER, Barwon Grange, Fyans Street, Geelong, Victoria
“Arthur Bowler enlisted in Melbourne on 28 June 1915, listing his trade as a motor mechanic. He included information that he had earlier been convicted of ‘driving on the wrong side of the road!’.
Arthur was initially appointed to 8/22 Reinforcements and later departed from Melbourne on 5 January 1916 on the ship HMAT Afric, and landed in Egypt and remained there suffering various illnesses.
On 1 June 1916, Arthur was again admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital and later transferred to the 57th Battalion at El Kerber in Egypt. He was reported suffering from influenza.
Later he embarked on the ship Newhaven at Calais for England and taken on strength on 24 June 1916 in France.
Arthur Initially reported suffer from shell shock on 28 August 1916, on 31 August 1916 he was admitted to 4th London General Hospital located in the suburb Denmark Hill still suffering from shell shock. Whilst in England he was relocated to Weymouth from Dartford on 26 November 1916.
Arthur was returned to Australia on 8 April 1917 departing from Plymouth on the ship HT Barambah and subsequently discharged on 25 August 1917.”
BOWLER. —September 25 1946 at a private hospital Darlinghurst Arthur Edwin Bowler of Hotel Bondi late of la Rarrawa Read Mount Eden (New Zealand) dearly beloved husband of Marion and loving brother of Leslie Ernest and George and loving step son of Anne aged 51 years.
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