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Frederick FOWKE

Regimental number2664
Place of birthNyngan, New South Wales
SchoolNyngan Superior Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNymaghee Street, Nyngan, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Fowke, Nyngan, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 13), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
91
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Elizabeth FOWKE, Nyngan, New South Wales

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