Cenotaph located here in Cara Villa Memorial Park within Family Plot.
~~~~~~Description Group Band Portrait~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outdoor group portrait of the band of the 15th Battalion. Identified back row, from left to right: 2727 Private (Pte) Albert Bowring from Launceston, Tasmania (died of wounds 4 July 1918 in France); 5353 Pte John Robert Call from Brisbane, Queensland; 2330 Pte Thomas James Anderson from Toowoomba, Queensland; 2512 Pte Neil How from Burnie, Tasmania; 7009 Pte Albert Edward Lucas from Brisbane; 1258 Pte Percy John West from Devonport, Tasmania; 2667 Pte James Thomas Brandon from Brisbane; 6507 Pte James Buchanan Henry from Ipswich, Queensland; 5807 Pte Herbert Lawrence Smallbone from Toowoomba; and 3462 Pte James Joseph Watson from Brisbane. Front row: 2745 Pte Donald George Polden from Mount Pleasant, South Australia; 4777 Pte Burnett William Kann from Gayndah, Queensland; 6485 Pte Paul Daniel Christensen from Bundaberg, Queensland; 6518 Pte Everett Gordon Kilmister from Richmond River, NSW; 6021 Pte James Graham from Bowen, Queensland; Major John Joseph Corrigan DSO from Renison Bell, Tasmania; 795 Pte William Joseph Speirs from Irvinebank, Queensland; 5693 Pte Carswell Alexander Heilbronn from Cordalba, Queensland; 5831 Pte Eric Frank Boyle from Rockhampton, Queensland; 2683 Pte Walter Charles Llewellyn Roberts from Brisbane; 3027 Pte Wilfred George Allen from South Fremantle, Western Australia; and 3629 Pte Hugh Hay Robinson from Launceston. AWM E01748
~~~~~Military Service Record, Australian Infantry Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~~
Service number:--- 2727
Born:--- Launceston, Tasmania.
Schooling:--- St Francis Xavier (Catholic) College, Launceston, Tasmania.
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Civilian Employment:--- Signwriter
Home Address:--- 2 Stone Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 27 years and 4 months.
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs P Bowring, 2 Stone Street, Launceston, Tasmania.
Attested into AIF:--- 15th June 1915 at Claremont, Tasmania.
Final Unit:--- 15th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A55 Kyarra, 21st August 1915
Final Rank:--- Private
Fate:--- Died, 4th July 1918, from wounds received in action.
Place of death:--- Collective Post of 13th Australian Field Ambulance,Hamel, France.
Burial:--- Villers-Brettoneux Military Cemetery, France.
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:---Joseph Alexander Bowring and Phoebe Agnes Deane married 19th January 1886, in Lauceston, Tasmania.
~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: Anonymous (50409206)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ALBERT BOWRING.
Service Number: 2727.
Enlisted: 1 July 1915.
Last Rank: Private.
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion.
Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1892.
Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania.
Schooling: St Francis Xavier (Catholic) College, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Occupation: Signwriter.
Died: Wounds, Hanielen, 13th Aust Field Ambulance, France, 4 July 1918.
Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Plot XII, Row C, Grave 3.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Contributor: Anonymous (50409206)