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One of The Original 500

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James Francis (Frank) Fowler,  Blue Puttee # 311
24 April 1883- 18 August 1929
Parents: James and Mary (Dohey) Fowler
Mt. Carmel, Salmonier, Newfoundland

David Power [on left] , Patrick Joseph Ryan [Royal Naval Reserve], and James [Frank] Fowler [on right]

At the outbreak of WW I, Frank was a thirty two year old crewman on the fishing vessel, Metamora, at Holyrood, Newfoundland, when he enlisted in the First World War with his cousin, Dave Power. Frank served mostly overseas. Frank was assigned # 311 and David Power # 310. They went through a lot of the war together.

Sep 1	1914	Dr. Cluny MacPherson declared ‘fit for duty’, Shore Base Depot , St. John’s, Newfoundland
Sep 2	1914	Enlisted in First Newfoundland Regiment, Blue Puttee #311, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Oct 4	1914	Embarked for Britain on SS Florizel
Oct 15	1914	Disembarked at Devonport, Britain
Oct 16	1914	Completed training and duties at several locations including Edinburgh Castle, Britain
Apr 16	1915	Vaccinated in preparation for active service
Aug 15	1915	Medical declared ‘Fit for Foreign Service’
Aug 20	1915	Embarked for Alexandria, Egypt
Sep 1	1915	Disembarked Alexandria; proceeded to Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt by train
Sep 13	1915	Embarked for Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey with British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Sep 19	1915	Regiment joined the 88th Brigade of the 29th Division of the British Army in active service
Dec 2	1915	Evacuated from Gallipoli
Mar 14	1916	Embarked Port Suez, France as part of British Expeditionary Force
Mar 22	1916	Disembarked at Marseilles, France
Apr 4	1916	With Battalion
Aug 9	1916	Battle of Ypres- Wounded (gas poisoning & shell shock); Field Ambulance to Casualty Clearing Station, Remy, France
Aug 11	1916	Transferred to Wimereaux Hospital, Wimereaux, France
Aug 17	1916	Transferred to Hardelot Hospital, Hardelot, France
Sep 16	1916	Transferred to Convalescence Hospital, Cayeaux, France
Sep 28	1916	Discharged to Base Depot at Rouen, France
Oct 22	1916	Rejoined Battalion
Jan 23	1917	With Battalion
Dec 10	1917	Base Depot at Rouen, France
Dec 22	1917	With Battalion
Dec 26	1917	Promoted to Lance Corporal
Jul 24	1918	Proceeded overseas for Recruiting and other purposes
Aug 8	1918	Returned from overseas to Base Depot, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Aug 27	1918	Granted permission to marry Miss Angela Lewis, Tickles, Newfoundland
Sep 8	1918	Granted Blue Puttee special leave from Base Depot, St. John’s
Oct 17	1918	Applied for Release
Oct 19	1918	Granted Conditional Leave for civil employment; self-employment or at Simmonds & Sparkes Lumbering, Colinet, Newfoundland
Nov 19	1918	Travelling Medical Board certified for discharge
Feb 15	1919	Discharged having served 4 years and 176 days

Medals:  
1914-1915 Star… Issued  March 24, 1919
British Victory Medal 1914-191… Issued Jan 10, 1920

After the war, Frank worked as a fisherman  mostly out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.
Gas effects from the war led to his early death on August 18, 1929 aboard the trawler, Edith Rose, in the Georges Banks.
He was survived by his wife, Angela, and two children, Harold and Mary.
His body is buried in his hometown of Mt. Carmel, Newfoundland.

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