Robert Edwin FOWKE

FOWKE, Robert Edwin

Service Number: 1012
Enlisted: 3 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Lachlan, New South Wales, 1877
Home Town: Nyngan, Bogan, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shearer
Died: Nyngan, New South Wales, 2 June 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Nyngan Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
Anglican area
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World War 1 Service

3 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1012, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
27 May 1916: Involvement Private, 1012, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
27 May 1916: Embarked Private, 1012, Camel Corps, RMS Morea, Sydney
18 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps
1 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, 14th Light Horse Regiment, From Camel Corps
13 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1012, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Fowke and Elizabeth Fowke of Nyngan, NSW. Brother of Matilda Fowke, Francis Fowke, Frederick Fowke who was killed in action on 9 October 1919 while serving 20th Battalion and is buried in the Buttes New British Cemetery. Plot V, Row A, Grave 13, Alfred Fowke, Verbinia Fowke, Georgina Fowke  and Herbert Fowke

Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongala disembarking on 28 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal