Sidney Herbert BOWN

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Service Number:	52
Enlisted:	29 June 1915, An original of HQ 37th Bn
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 11 June 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 11. IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED YOUNGEST SON OF MR.AND MRS.C.BOWN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 52, 37th Infantry Battalion, An original of HQ 37th Bn
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 52, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 52, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne

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His older brother, 2798 Corporal Frederick John Bown, 1st Pioneers, died of wounds, Passchendaele, 6 October 1917, aged 25.