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Wilfred Field Carlyle Flowers
| Name on Board | WF Flowers |
| Name on Service Records |
Wilfred Field Carlyle Flowers |
| Enlistment Age | 21 |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Place of Birth | Williamstown, Vic |
| Next of Kin | William Arthur and Alice Maria Flowers |
| Address | 136 Osborne St, Williamstown, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 8/07/1915 |
| Service No. | 3732 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 23/11/1915 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Ceramic A40 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 7th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 19/07/1916 |
| Unit on Death | 59th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Private |
| Cause of Death | KIA (previously reported missing) |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Hazebrouck, Belguim (No known grave - presumed buried in no-mans land - Court of Inquiry held 29/08/1917) |
| Cemetery or Memorial | VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Additional Information
Wilfred Flowers attended the Central State and Grammar Schools in Williamstown.
Prior to enlisitng he worked for Watson and Co., Melbourne.
He was rejected five times before being accepted for enlistment on his sixth attempt.
In September 1917 his parents received notification of his death, over a year after he was reported missing on 8 July 1916.
In April 1917 a British soldier found the bible Mrs Flowers had given her son prior to his leaving home and returned it to her.
His elder married brother, Harold Alfred Flowers (17341) enlisted in the Army Medical Corps on 31 January 1916. He returned to Australia in August 1919.
Additional References
Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 22 September, 1917, p3
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