Regimental number | 4784 |
Place of birth | Five Ways, Staffordshire, England |
Place of birth | Cannock Chase, Staffs, England |
School | Woonona Superior Public School, New South Wales |
Age on arrival in Australia | 3 months |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Alfred Street, Woonona, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31.7 |
Height | 5' 4.75" |
Weight | 124 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. C. Fowler, Chenhall Street, Woonona, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Casula, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death | 32 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Pieta Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 4), Europe |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 162 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph and Clara FOWLER, Chenhall Street, Woonona, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Taken on strength, 56th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916. Admitted to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 29 March 1916 (not yet diagnosed); rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 6 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; admitted en route to Military Hospital, Cottonera, Malta, 26 June 1916. Died of disease, 27 June 1916 (haematosis: severe). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Mother wrote to Base Records, February 1932, pointing out that on the pre-publication proof of the Pieta Cemetery Register, her address was listed as 'Queensland'. Base Records replied, 19 February 1932, acknowledging the error and regrewtting that at that late stage it was not possible to correct the error in the printed publication. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FOWLER Joseph Harold |