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Able Seaman ALFRED WILLIAM VOWLES

Service Number: PA/555
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Naval Reserve

H.M.S. President III

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1941

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

Sec. 5. Nonconformist. Grave 2129.

United Kingdom

Barrow-in-Furness (Thorncliffe) Cemetery photographed for the Our War Graves, Your History campaign in 2020. Images by In-Press for CWGC. CWGC has all rights.

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Charles and Eva Mary Vowles; husband of Loris Gloria Vowles, of Exeter, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 205
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