Alfred William BOWLEY

Regimental number2334
Place of birthClare, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, Clare, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPrinter
Addressc/o Mrs Rosana Bowley, grandmother, 43 Fairford Street, Unley, South Australia
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinDaughter, Elsie Clare Bowley, c/o Mrs Rosana Bowley, grandmother, 43 Fairford Street, Unley, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Pozieres, died at Abbeville, France.
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Date of death10 August 1916
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Rosanna BOWLEY. native of Clare, South Australia