Mowbray, Arthur Charles (3063)

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 22 years 5 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 12 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 3063            view online service record

Address:
117 Pickles Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Fred Mowbray (father)
117 Pickles Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 29 September 1915
Ship: RMS Osterley
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion – 10th Reinforcements

Fate:
DOW: Monday, 31 July 1916
Place: War Hospital, Newcastle, England

Private, 59 Infantry, died of wounds, 31 July, 1916, England, aged 25, commemorated Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Parents: Frederick and Mrs Annie MOWBRAY, born Port Melbourne, educated Nott Street SS, Port Melbourne. He enlisted as 22-year-old driver with his father at 33 Bridge Street, later 117 Pickles Street, circular returned from that address. Mowbray died of multiple wounds to the back and legs in Newcastle Hospital, England after being invalided. Death Notice in the Port Melbourne Standard 28 July, 1917 notes five siblings.

Additional research by Brian Membrey

1916 ‘ITEMS OF NEWS.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 19 August, p. 2. , viewed 04 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91163627

1916 ‘LATE PRIVATE MOWBRAY.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 21 October, p. 4. , viewed 25 Oct 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91165204

1917 ‘Family Notices’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 4 August, p. 2. , viewed 04 Aug 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88367989