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Edward FOWLER

Regimental number4218
Place of birthBlackburn, Lancashire, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDairyman and blacksmith
AddressIda H via Laverton, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Miss A Fowler, 33 Ivy Street, Blackburn, England
Enlistment date5 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 29 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 January 1918
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTrois-Abres Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 41), Steenwserck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Stephen and Emma FOWLER. Native of Blackburn, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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