| Regimental number | 3512 |
| Place of birth | Heathcote, Victoria |
| School | State School, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Baker |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age at embarkation | 29 |
| Height | 5' 6.5" |
| Weight | 140 lbs |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Margaret Flowers, Heathcote, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Bendigo, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Acting Corporal |
| Unit name | 21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
| Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3512A |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
| Age at death | 30 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Pavier and Catherine FLOWERS; husband of Margaret Storrie FLOWERS, 67 Victoria Street, East Brunswick, Victoria. Native of Heathcote, Victoria. 20 |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Reverted to Private, 5 March 1916. Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 15 March 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 20 March 1916; to Hospital Train No 4, and admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 27 March 1916; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 3 May 1916 (diarrhoea); rejoined 60th Bn, Ferry Post, 14 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File 1080208, 3576 Pte E.L. NICHOLSON, 60th Bn (patient, 35th General Hospital, Calais), 6 October 1916: 'Corporal (name unknown) said that he saw Flowers dead from a bullet wound in the heart at Fleur Bay (sic) on the 19th July 1916.' Second statement, 2650 Corporal D. OGILVY, C Company, 60th Bn, 15 January 1917: 'Sgt. Heaven ... told me he saw Flowers killed outright at Fleurbaix on July 19th. Heaven said he was shot through the heart and killed instantaneously, out in No Man's Land. Heaven told me about it soon afterwards and said he could never forget the expression on Flower's (sic) face.' Third statement, 4474 Pte W.H.G. DREWETT, B Company, 60th Bn, 15 January 1917: 'On July 19 I was between supports and reserves at Fleurbaix when I saw him carried away on a stretcher either dead or in a badly wounded condition. Hehad a blanket over him. I spoke to one of my mates and pointed him out.' Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.' |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, FLOWERS Frank
Red Cross File 1080208 |
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