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Arthur Charles Fowler

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    Arthur Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Fowler AWMM
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    WWII 545 AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 26 Cayton Rd., Greenford, Middlesex Waitara AWMM
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    • WW2 Mrs. E.M. Fowler, Ohaupo Rd., Te Awamutu (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E.M. Fowler, Ohaupo Rd., Te Awamutu (m) AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    WWII 545 AWMM
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    WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
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  • The NZ rearguard action at Elevtherokhorion, Greece, April 18 1941 - (2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery Official History pgs 52/53)

    The second Duff Force consisted of Duffs RHQ, 34 Anti-Tank Battery less N Troop, a machine-gun company,and the 3 Bren gun carrier platoons of the 6 Cavalry Brigade. It assembled at Elevtherokhorion on the night of 16-17 april 1941, covering the junction of the Olympus and Servia Pass roads, and was reinforced next day by Divisional Cavalry less B Squadron.
    The Cavalry armoured car troop, however was rushed away to Tempe. Duff force then disbanded, leaving O Troop of the 34 Anti-Tank Battery with C Squadron, Divisional Cavalry, north of the crossroad and P Troop with A Squadron at the road junction.
    O Troop under 2nd Lt. Harding clashed with the enemy, led by motorcyclists and tanks, from the Olympus Pass, while breakfast was cooking on the 18th. The gun
    Public - Robert - Researcher - 22 July 2021
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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.158 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.32 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM

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