| Service Number: | 63 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Private |
| Age: | 24 |
| Religion: | Pres |
| Marriage status: | Single |
| Calling/trade: | Labourer |
| Address: |
23 Fairholme grove Camberwell Victoria Australia |
| Date joined: | 17/08/14 |
| *A.M.F. Unit: | |
| Regiment: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation |
|
| Date: | 21/10/14 |
| From: | Melbourne |
| On number: | A3 |
| Name: | Orvieto |
| Nominal Roll No: | 23/22/1 |
| Division | A Company |
Next of Kin |
|
| Name: | Mr D.W. Gowdie |
| Relationship: | Father |
| Address: |
23 Fairholme grove Camberwell Victoria Australia |
| Before Embarkation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per Diem | Date to which paid | ||
| S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | 20/10/14 | |
| After Embarkation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay | Allotment in Australia per Diem | Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay | |||
| S | D | S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
| S | D |
| 1 | 0 |
John David Gowdie shares the story of William Alexander Gowdie. William Alexander Gowdie was born in Footscray in 1890. He spent one-and-a-half years in the Victorian Scottish Regiment, and later joined the Royal Australian Navy for three-and-a-half years. Gowdie enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battalion on 17th August 1914 when war broke out [...]
