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Thomas William Wale MOWAT

Regimental number925
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
SchoolWellington Point State School, Queensland
Other trainingCentral Technical College, Brisbane, Queensland
Age on arrival in Australia3 months
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabella Mowat, Gray Street, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date13 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 16), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Isbister and Isabella MOWATT, "Westham", Stanthorpe, Queensland. Native of Aberdeen, Scotland
Family/military connectionsBrother to William Douglas Fitzroy Mowat attached to Field Ambulance Corps gained MM for bravery under fire. Three cousins also served, James R Mowat, William Mowat and John Mowat.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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