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Sydney Fred FOWLER

Regimental number2115
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolFlinders Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCadet, Survey Department
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinSister, Mrs. Lily Russell Steele, Park Street, St. Peter's, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date25 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 10 February 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2015
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 31 March 1918
Place of death or woundingMillencourt, near Albert, France
Age at death21
Place of burialMillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Row C, Grave No. 25), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commmemorated in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. William Henry March and Phoebe Ann FOWLER. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 659 Lance Corporal William Robert FOWLER MM, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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