Edward Fowler

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 28 May 1895, Otago Heads, Otago, New Zealand
  • Died 10 January 1957, Bluff
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 8/4124
  • Served In 14th Contingent, 2nd Otago Regiment, Otago Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, D Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Mr Edward Fowler (father), Taiaroa Heads, Port Chalmers
  • Pre-war occupation Grocery Assistant for A&T MacFarlane
  • ReligionChurch of England (Anglican).
  • Enlisted16 December 1915
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 50 Tahiti, departed 1 April 1916 Wellington, disembarked 3 May 1916, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian E.F 1916 and Western European 1916-1917
  • Periods of service111 days in New Zealand and one year 354 days overseas. Total service of two years and 159 days. (Admitted to hospital 9 June 1916 with injuries and was again wounded in action, 5 August 1916, and for a third time on 20 October 1917.)
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Willochra, 20 March 1918
  • Discharged23 May 1918, no longer physically fit for war service due to wounds received in action
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Profile photo credit: Otago Witness 23 August 1916 via The Onward Project