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George Leonard FOWDEN

Regimental number1190
Place of birthNew Town, Stockport
SchoolCommercial School, Stockport
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressParer's Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Lother Fowden, King's Drive, Hepton Moor near Stockport, Lancashire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Meritorious Service Medal


Recommendation date: 3 March 1918

FateDied of wounds 1 October 1918
Place of death or woundingUnknown, possibly France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDoingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Alice FOWDEN, 1 Lawton Road, Heaton, Chapel, Stockport
Medals

Meritorious Service Medal

CG 110
Source: 25/7/1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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