FOWLER, Darrell Elwyn Hodgson
Service Number: | 14481 |
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Enlisted: | 8 May 1916, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Wireless Squadron |
Born: | Bulli, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Penrith Public School, NSW and London College of Music |
Occupation: | Telegraph Operator |
Died: | Smallpox, Baghdad Hospital, Iraq, 22 January 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Plot XII, Row J, Grave 15, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
8 May 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 14481, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, Sydney | |
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25 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 14481, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
25 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 14481, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, RMS Malwa, Melbourne | |
22 Jan 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 14481, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 14481 awm_unit: Australian (Wireless) Signal Squadron Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-01-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Darrell Elwyn Hodgson FOWLER was born in Bulli, NSW in 1890
His parents were Frederick John FOWLER & Annie Maria HODGSON
He enlisted in Sydney on 8th May, 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on the RMS Malwa on 25th July, 1916 with the General Reinforcements of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Wireless Signal Squadron
Darrell was taken ill with smallpox & sent to the casualty clearing station and was transferred to Isolation in the Baghdad Hospital
He died of his Illness on 22nd January, 1918 and is buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery