Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Lionel Rupert Fowler
Lionel Rupert Fowler's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Lionel Rupert Fowler
Service number: 175
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 1 Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 12 May 1915
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 9 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: FOWLER, Tpr. L. R., 175. 1st Australian Light Horse. 12th May, 1915. B. 238.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Lionel Rupert Fowler from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 175 |
| Place of birth | Mulgoa, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Stockman |
| Address | Wallacia, Mulgoa, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Height | 5' 4" |
| Weight | 119 lbs |
| Next of kin | John Fowler, Wallacia, Mulgoa, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served in the 7th (NSW Lancers) Australian Light Horse Regiment, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
| Enlistment date | 24 August 1914 |
| Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of disease 11 May 1915 |
| Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 238), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
| Other details | War service: Egypt Admitted to 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, exact date not recorded [May 1915] ('dangerously ill'); died of appendicitis, 18 May 1915 Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Base Records to Assistant Adjutant General, 2nd Military District, 20 October 1920, noting that John Fowler was listed on the Attestation Form as next of kin: 'As it is desired to dispose of the 1914/15 Star and other War Medals, etc., will you kindly arrange for discreet enquiries to be made with a view to establishing whether the above quoted widow has any claims ... Investigations might be made from the soldier's widow, whether remarried or not, with a view to ascertaining whether she desires to have the war medals, etc. - she is entitled to them unless there are good and sufficient resons for not handing them over.' Report, Mulgoa Police Station, to Inspector General of Police, Sydney, 11 October 1920: '... I have interviewed Minnie Hore who was the widow of Private L.R. Fowler now deceased [and] she produced her marriage certificate with Fowler which shows they were married at Mossvale N.S. Wales on the 21st January 1913 by the Rev Chas Hughenden at St John's Church. Since Private L.R. Fowler was killed Minnie Fowler his wife has again married, William John Hore of Greendale[,] Wallacia[;] this marriage took place on the 18th August 1920[;] she is now living with her husband W.J. Hore. I have interviewed John Fowler who was nominated by the deceased Private L.R. Fowler as next of kin and have ascertained that he was the Father of the deceased that was notified and not his wife Minnie Fowler now (Hore) (sic). After enquiries I am satisfied that Minnie Fowler now (Hore) was the wife of the deceased soldier and that John Fowler of Wallacia was the father of the deceased. Mrs Minnie Hore has signed the application for the Medal and decorations which is attached and John Fowler has informed me that he was making an application for them as he considered that he was more entitled to them that (sic) Minnie Hore.' War medals claimed by widow, Minnie HORE (previously Minnie FOWLER), 11 October 1920. Medals allotted to widow. |
| Miscellaneous details | Address entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Walbacia; enlistee gave marital status as 'Single'; he was in fact married. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, FOWLER Lionel Rupert |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 1st LHR, Roll of Honour, Lionel Rupert Fowler
