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Alfred BOWRING

Regimental number1009
SchoolBowenvale State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse trainer
AddressBowen Vale via Maryborough, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinBrother, William K Bowring, Bowen Vale, via Maryborough, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on RoH circular as Alfred Arthur BOWRING. Died as a result of accident, Lille, France.
FateDied of wounds 20 January 1917
Place of death or woundingLille, France
Date of death29 January 1917
Age at death48
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 37), Mericourt L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth BOWRING, Bowenvale, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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